API documentation: What it is and how to write it (with examples)

Back before we carried the entirety of human knowledge around with us in our pockets, we printed instruction manuals on paper and included them with just about anything more complicated than a spoon. They were important, too. For instance, if I bought a video game with the manual missing, I’d have to learn the ins and outs myself through trial and error (which meant a whole lot of button mashing). But with a manual in hand, I’d be primed and ready to play before I even hit start. The same thing