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June 25, 2014

Intro to APIs: Working with URLs, JSON, APIs, and Open Data — without writing any code

By Gray Brooks , Eric Mill

June 27, 2014, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Register now. GSA’s digital teams are offering a user-friendly intro course to APIs. Regardless of your skill level, you will walk away from this lesson understanding what APIs are and how developers use them.

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May 29, 2014

Announcing the /Developer Program: a new hub for federal API creators

By Leah Bannon , Gray Brooks

We recently launched our /Developer Program (pronounced "slash developer") to help federal agencies develop useful, robust APIs. The Program is a collection of educational resources, opportunities to engage the community for help and feedback, and tools that can help you build APIs — essentially an ever-growing knowledge base curated by 18F.

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May 19, 2014

Packaging up API usability testing for agency reuse

By Gray Brooks

Over the past year, a GSA collaboration has seen a project that offers API usability testing to federal agencies go from the pilot stage to a regular, robust series. Already, 13 agencies and programs have participated, and several more participate with every monthly session that passes. The best examples from across the government have made clear that one of the most important tasks of API producers is to regularly engage their developer community and listen to what they have to say. But just encouraging agencies to do this only goes so far.

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May 16, 2014

Slides from the inaugural 18F Demo Day

By 18F

The presentations given at the inaugural 18F Demo Day on May 9, 2014 are online and available at Speaker Deck. If you would like more information on any topic, please feel free to contact the individual speaker.

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May 14, 2014

Hacking bureaucracy: improving hiring and software deployment

By Greg Godbout , Noah Kunin

When asked what it is we do, one quick answer is, "we’re hacking bureaucracy." While it may sound provocative, it isn’t.

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