Developer Portal Checklist

Ensure your developer portal is top-notch and developer-friendly.

Essential Features

Learn more about the features every developer portal needs to have to stand out.

Accelerate Integrations

Learn how a well-structured developer portal can drastically reduce the time developers need to integrate with your product.

Build Community

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Security First

Understand the importance of security in your developer portal.

About the Developer Portal Checklist

Discover the Developer Portal Checklist, designed to support developers throughout their journey. Aligned with each stage, it offers practical guidance from discovery to scaling applications. Explore tailored content in each category to meet your evolving needs in the development process.

Discovery

Provide a concise description of the platform or product's functionality.

Ensure easy access to key sections such as FAQs, Changelog, GitHub, Discord, and support channels.

Optimize content for SEO to enhance search rankings.

Feature information on upcoming meetups, hackathons, or events.

Include testimonials or user stories.

Showcase real-world use cases.

Evaluate

Create product pages with comprehensive features, benefits, and technical specifications.

Develop product introduction guides.

Establish forums for user discussions.

Come up with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

Maintain a pricing page with transparent breakdowns.

Learn

Offer Quick Start Guides.

Provide code samples for various common use cases.

Include a user-friendly sign-up/registration page on the Developer Portal.

Develop training modules or courses.

Build

Create a technical guide on "How to Migrate from Testing to Production".

Ensure access to testing and production environments.

Provide access to relevant and up-to-date SDKs.

Offer API references with request/response examples, error schemas, and detailed descriptions.

Keep a Changelog for updates and versions.

Establish support channels (such as chat, email, etc.)

Share links to GitHub repositories, Stack Overflow threads, or other community platforms.

Scale

Highlight developer success stories or showcases.

Present a detailed product roadmap.

Outline Ambassador or evangelist program details.

Share information on partner programs.

Provide details on certification programs.

Host webinars or share recorded sessions.

Maintain a status page for real-time platform health and updates.

April 22, 2021

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