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Ask HN: What is the best public API documentation you ever read?

1 pointsby pedrodelfinoover 1 year ago

2 comments

jelicicmover 1 year ago
Not sure it would qualify for &#x27;public API&#x27;, as you&#x27;re self-hosting it, but I&#x27;d like to nominate ZeroMQ documantation[0]. To the point, with occasional comedic remark, lots of examples. Excellent.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zguide.zeromq.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zguide.zeromq.org&#x2F;</a>
Hackbratenover 1 year ago
In terms of usefulness, clarity and formal rigor, nothing really beats Sun’s Java v1.2 API documentation from 1998.<p>Example: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;javaalmanac.io&#x2F;jdk&#x2F;1.2&#x2F;api&#x2F;java&#x2F;util&#x2F;Collection.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;javaalmanac.io&#x2F;jdk&#x2F;1.2&#x2F;api&#x2F;java&#x2F;util&#x2F;Collection.html</a>