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APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market

This document provides an overview of writing documentation for APIs and SDKs. It discusses typical users and producers of APIs/SDKs, ideal information to include in SDK and API documentation, common documentation deliverables, programming concepts to cover, and help authoring tools. The document also outlines benefits and drawbacks to technical writers in this specialty, ways to break into the market including education and training options, and resources for API/SDK documentation writers.

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APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market

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