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Ask HN: What's the best API documentation you've ever used?
- gansai 14y agoJava API documentation. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/ http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/
- mwetzler 14y agothe aesthetic certainly leaves something to be desired O_O
- logn 14y agoI guess it's just personal preference but Java has always been my favorite. I don't need a fancy design and word clouds etc. Furthermore, the Java documentation has a very high level of completeness, consistency, and all-around quality.
- Donito 14y agoMSDN
- toutouastro 14y agopython official docs and flask docs
- cnipb 14y agoCool one with readily usable code snippets & data, esp if you are logged in: https://apidocs.chargebee.com/docs/api/subscriptions?lang=curl#create_a_subscription https://apidocs.chargebee.com/docs/api/subscriptions?lang=cu...
- mwetzler 14y agoooo I like this. definitely going to be building usable code snippets customized for logged-in users! thanks!!
- stewie2 14y agoQt is the best: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtdoc/index.html http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtdoc/index.html
- professorTuring 14y agoTotally agree.
- limeblack 14y agoMathematica's documentation. It has live editable examples built in similar to the man pages.
- drstewart 14y agoGithub's is great: http://developer.github.com/v3/ http://developer.github.com/v3/
- hansy 14y agoStripe's is pretty clean and easy to follow: https://stripe.com/docs https://stripe.com/docs Also I like Mailgun's: http://documentation.mailgun.net/ http://documentation.mailgun.net/