Why is the visual design key in a well-functioning developer portal?
Clarity improves the developer experience. Your developer portal will inspire trust when you present every aspect of the APIs in a well-structured and understandable way. This award showcases developer portals that have found the perfect harmony of usability, content and aesthetics and present every aspect of the APIs in a well-structured, understandable way. These developer portals inspire trust through superior production quality. Most importantly, they show clarity of purpose and cohesion in execution.
Award Criteria
Questions to ask:
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When I interact with the portal can I intuit based on look and feel where I'm going?
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How can design elements support usability and content?
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How does design contribute to how I discover what APIs are offered?
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How does design reflect the main benefits of the solutions and how to get started?
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How can API portals enhance user experience in general, and pay special attention to developer experience?
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How does the developer portal play within the lines of broader corporate branding to create its own niche?
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How does the UI design serve the developer portal content?
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How is usability, consistency, and clarity served up?
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Are there clever visual solutions that increase developer or user experience?
Read more about the Best Design DevPortal, and the Design Guide Series on the Pronovix Blog.
