This is the latest in our App Builder Spotlight series for dev.xing.com, where we ask developers the same set of questions to learn a bit more about them and their respective apps. If you’d like to participate, please contact us at api-support@xing.com.
Passionate about developing apps? Want to be recognized among the XING community? Want your app to reach millions of people? Want to be famous? If you answered yes to at least one of these questions, you’ve definitely come to the right place! We came up with a new idea where developers now have a chance Continue Reading…
This is the first in a series of blog posts on specific aspects of the XING API. To kick things off we will cover the lifecycle of API calls. All XING API calls have one of the following states: Experimental Experimental calls are fully specified, implemented, tested and can be accessed by any test consumer. We specifically have this status in our Continue Reading…
We have a winner! Our prize draw has closed and we now have a lucky winner. His name is Oliver he’s now the proud owner of a XING developer shirt and coffee mug so he can drink coffee in style while enjoying the spring sunshine. So from now on our dev.xing.com robot will be known as ‘Marvin’.
From now on we’ll continue our look at the various programming languages and provide you with tips, tricks and hacks while also reporting on the latest updates to our API, interesting and trending Developer Group topics, planned XING developer events, and brand new apps. We highly recommend you subscribe to our RSS feed so you Continue Reading…
Once upon a time: Kick-off with closed beta phase In March we shared with you how we kicked off the closed beta phase for the XING API and what led us there. Back then we started with the following items on dev.xing.com, your one-stop shop for everything related to the XING API: A bunch of Continue Reading…
Not so long ago we had our first brainstorming session about the open API project. We carefully considered several points that would motivate the developers to stay and create awesome applications using the XING API. More importantly, however, we thought about the points which might discourage them and eventually make them leave. By the end Continue Reading…
The first users can now log in to dev.xing.com with their XING login credentials and access all the information and documentation they need to get started with the API as well as a personal dashboard allowing them to create and manage apps.