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Technical writer who writes documents
An API writer is a technical writer who writes documents that describe an application programming interface (API). The primary audience includes programmers, developers, system architects, and system designers. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: API writerA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Modern Operating SystemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Landing Gear: A Writer, A Novel, A Publisher, An APICited 0 times
- Go sideways: Software documentationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Technical writingA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Modern Operating SystemsAndrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos · 1992
Clean CodeRobert C. Martin · 2008
Automate the Boring Stuff with PythonAl Sweigart · 2015
Understanding object-oriented programming with JavaTimothy Budd · 1998
RESTful Java with JAXRS 20Bill Burke · 2013
Apache Solr Beginner's GuideAlfredo Serafini · 2013
C++ network programmingDouglas C. Schmidt · 2002
Apache Solr 3 Enterprise Search ServerDavid Smiley · 2011
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