API PlaybookLifecycle & Developer Experience
Section 7 · 5 topics

Lifecycle & Developer Experience

Your API will outlive your team — plan for it

01
Documentation That Works
Time-to-first-successful-call is the only metric that matters
Beginner5 min read
02
SDKs, Sandboxes & Mock Servers
Meet developers where they are
Intermediate5 min read
03
Contract Testing
Consumer-driven contracts catch what unit tests miss
Intermediate6 min read
04
API Linting & Style Guides
Automate consistency so you don't argue about it
Intermediate4 min read
05
Backward Compatibility & Deprecation
Sunset headers, migration guides, and the art of letting go
Intermediate5 min read