Technical Writing: How to Write API Software Documentation

Are you a technical writer who must write API software documentation? Do you wonder what you need to prepare and deliver to have high-quality API documentation and do not know where to start?

If yes, then this course is for you!

For Technical Writers, by Technical Writers: Navigate the world of API software documentation effortlessly with our hands-on course designed for aspiring technical writers.

Global Impact: Trusted by universities across Europe and top software companies for onboarding new technical writers. Join a community shaping the future of technical writing.

Simplified Learning: Technical writing made easy! No programming jargon—just straightforward explanations to help you understand API and API documentation.

Practical Steps: Unlock our unique framework, guiding you through the process of preparing and delivering high-quality API documentation. From concept to creation, we’ve got you covered.

Tools of the Trade: Master Swagger UI for automatic documentation generation and learn Postman to validate API functionality. Bring it all together on a GitHub wiki page with confidence.

Transform into a proficient API documentation writer:

• Acquire practical skills for your writer’s portfolio.

• Impress managers and collaborate seamlessly with developers.

• Elevate your technical writing career.

API stands for Application Programming Interface. An interface is a software abstraction, which allows two software applications to communicate with each other seamlessly.

There are two roles you need to consider when you write documentation about an API:

1. The role of the developer who created the API. This developer needs to provide information about the way the API is supposed to work; what requests can it receive and what responses does is provide.

2. The role of the developer who uses the API. This developer needs to read through the API documentation to understand the ways to connect to the API, the requests that he or she can send to the API, and the responses that the API shall return for these requests.

In this course, you will learn:

• What is API and API documentation – explained in a way so that you can understand. No special programming knowledge is required! 

• The steps you need to follow to prepare and provide documentation about your API – our unique framework to make sure you have steps to follow while preparing the API documentation.

• How to use Swagger UI to write and generate API documentation automatically.

• How to use Postman to check the functionality provided with an API, and

• How to put it all together on a GitHub wiki page!

Transform into a proficient API documentation writer with our course!

Acquire hands-on skills to craft compelling API documentation, a valuable addition to your writer’s portfolio.

Impress not only your manager but also developers with your newfound ability to confidently create documentation for diverse software development projects.

Elevate your technical writing career by enrolling today! Try it now, and see how easy it is to write API documentation, once you know which are the basic steps to follow!

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