Learn API Technical Writing: JSON and XML for Writers (Udemy.com)

This course is well designed in a way that suits beginners. However, I was hoping for a brief overview of some of the tools, such as swagger. But, overall I feel more confident about API documentation now.

This is a great starting point for people with a different specialization when trying to learn about simple API documentation. Presentation is simple enough for a layperson without programming know-how or experience to understand. Thanks for using tables in the visuals alongside the examples - these were helpful.

Excellent for writers who are new to API documentation. The examples were extremely helpful, as were the exercises. The 1.5 hours to take the course is a joke! First, any writer is going to take notes. Second, the exercises take way more than 3 minutes. The course took me about 5 hours.

Thank you for such a great and an informative course. This was great in introducing the skillset and the training required for API documentation. The instructor has done a great job in teaching the relevant content that one needs to learn and exercises are also very much relevant to the content. One minor suggestion for the instructor would be to speak a little slower because it is a little difficult to take notes while he is speaking fast. Since the instructor covers a lot of technical and foundational knowledge, I took notes on every single concept he taught. I had to rewind multiple times to make sure I did not miss anything because of the great depth of knowledge shared here. Overall, excellent course.

Peter has good knowledge of API documentation. As this is an introductory part the topics are not tough. He explained the concepts in a simple manner that can be easily grasped by a non-techie. I think Peter should include more JSON and XML exercises so that the students can practice more to increase their confidence level before enrolling for part2.

This is an excellent course for technical writers who want to take up API documentation. It gives examples and set of exercises with a very simple and clear description. One can also raise queries anytime during the course. Being a self-paced learning program, it gives the ease to learn new concepts at our comfortable speed.

It is a very good course. I am currently a full time technical writer and this course helped me begin my journey on learning API technical writing because that is the kind of technical writing I want to transition into. And I will be taking more of his API technical writing courses on here.

I originally signed up for this course over a year ago. Since then I am in a technical writing position where I need to work with APIs. I also have been using Flare. So I feel I have a better feel for HTML and XML. I successfully completed the course exercises because of this experience.

I thought the course was well-prepared and well-delivered, but there were some natural mistakes (e.g. typos) that the instructor is endeavoring to address. For an introductory course it would have been nice to get even a broad-brush overview of the API world. As it is, we have to take for granted that as Peter says in his summary "this course is a big chunk of it." We really don't know how much of the API world JSON and XML comprise, nor do we know how much of either is commonly used by developers in typical web dev. or why they use JSON vs. XML. They just "are," which leaves me hanging a bit. It also would have been nice to know WHY tables are a good way to document JSON and XML files. Are there alternative methods? Are tables in doc more useable by external dev's? I guess most of this is obvious to experienced API writers, but for someone breaking in to the discipline, it's mystifying. I feel satisfied that the course was adequate for the _discount_ price paid.

I've never documented APIs but keep seeing it in job descriptions. This course provided a lot of great information and now I feel informed and confident. The instructor is excellent and explains all concepts clearly and concisely. The exercises are hands-on and instructive. I recommend this course.