--- title: What's new permalink: docapis_whats_new.html sidebar: docapis path1: docapis_introtoapis.html weight: 1.02 last-modified: 2021-09-17 --- If you're looking to see what's new in the API doc site/course, you can browse new content in several ways. * TOC {:toc}

Most recent updates

The following are the most recent updates to the API documentation course. ## May 2022 * [Blobr: An API portal that arranges your API's use cases as individual products](pubapis_blobr.html). With Blobr, you can create an API store to launch and grow an API business with different monetization models. ## January 2022 * Revised the content in the [Metrics and Measurements](docapis_metrics_and_measurement.html) section as follows: * Consolidated the first-level checkliist and second-level checklist into a [single checklist](docapis_quality_checklist.html). * Removed the approach for quantifying each criteria into a score and weighting that score with the criteria's importance. This approach was something I experimented with but ultimately found that it didn't work in practice. * Added a [lightweight version of the checklist](docapis_quality_checklist.html#short_version) that includes only two criteria from each category. ## December 2021 * [PDF and eBook formats](docapis_formats.html). Created PDF, Kindle, and EPUB versions of the course that you can download. * [Broadcasting your meeting notes to influence a wider audience](docapis_meeting_notes.html). Explains how to broadcast your meeting notes as a tool for influencing other groups. ## November 2021 * [The writing process](writing_process.html). A new section that covers the process for researching, drafting, writing, editing, and publishing documentation. Includes these topics: * [Overview of the writing process](docapis_writing_process_overview.html) * [1. Planning](docapis_planning.html) * [2. Information gathering](docapis_information_gathering.html) * [3. Writing](docapis_writing.html) * [4. Reviewing](docapis_reviewing.html) * [5. Publishing](docapis_publishing.html) ## October 2021 [Using Oxygen XML with docs-as-code workflows](pubapis_oxygenxml.html). Added a new article in the publishing tools section using Oxygen XML. * [Other resources section in course overview](index.html#other-resources). Updated the Course overview with a list of additional resources (books, courses, etc.). ## August 2021 * [Ensuring documentation coverage with each software release](docapis_release_process.html). Covers best practices for ensuring that each new feature in a release has adequate documentation coverage. ## Auto-generated list of updated pages {% include random_ad4.html %} This list is auto-generated based on the last-modified timestamp on pages, scoped to the last 60 days. How does the script work? Every page has a "Last updated" line below the title. This script looks for any pages with a timestamp that appears within the last 60 days. {% assign timeframe = 5184000 %} {% assign count = 0 %} {% for post in site.docs %} {% assign post_in_seconds = post.last-modified | date: "%s" | plus: 0 %} {% assign recent_posts = "now" | date: "%s" | minus: timeframe %} {% if post_in_seconds > recent_posts %} {% assign count = count | plus:1 %} * {{post.last-modified | date: "%b %d, %Y" }}: {{ post.title }} {% if count == 15 %}{% break %}{% endif %} {% endif %} {% endfor %} {% comment %} details about the script logic above: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46672231/in-jekyll-how-to-show-posts-from-last-week {% endcomment %} ## Seeing what content has been updated To see what's been updated on the page, click the GitHub button next to the timestamp on the page: GitHub button This takes you to the file in GitHub. In GitHub, click the History link: GitHub History Then click the commit IDs to browse file diffs for the commits that include the file: GitHub commit IDs You can see the [stream of commits in GitHub here](https://github.com/tomjoht/learnapidoc/commits/main). {% include ads.html %} ## Recent blog posts about API doc site updates On my blog, I often write announcement-style posts after adding new content on my API course. I tag these with "api-doc" — you can browse these [API doc site updates here](https://idratherbewriting.com/category-apidoc-site-updates/). {% include random_ad2.html %} {% include random_ad3.html %}