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Discussion on: What does a backend developer's portfolio should look like ?

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Steven Mercatante

I think including an API you built in your portfolio is fine. It gives the potential employer/client a lot of things to check out, like:

  • is the code written cleanly?
  • is it documented?
  • are there tests?

You could even write a small case study on it and host it on your personal site. That'll let people get a sense of a) what it does, b) why you built it, and c) any interesting problems you had to solve.