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Technical Writing for Software Developers

You're reading from   Technical Writing for Software Developers Enhance communication, improve collaboration, and leverage AI tools for software development

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835080405
Length 166 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Chris Chinchilla Chris Chinchilla
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: The Why, Who, and How of Tech Writing FREE CHAPTER 2. Chapter 2: Understanding Different Types of Documentation in Software Development 3. Chapter 3: Language and the Fundamental Mechanics of Explaining 4. Chapter 4: Page Structure and How It Aids Reading 5. Chapter 5: The Technical Writing Process 6. Chapter 6: Selecting the Right Tools for Efficient Documentation Creation 7. Chapter 7: Handling Other Content Types for Comprehensive Documentation 8. Chapter 8: Collaborative Workflows with Automated Documentation Processes 9. Chapter 9: Opportunities to Enhance Documentation with AI Tools 10. Index 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Selecting the Right Tools for Efficient Documentation Creation

As technically minded people, there’s one thing we love to experiment with more than anything: new tools, techniques, and services. So far, I have avoided touching too much on tooling as it can easily become a rabbit hole to fall far into and get distracted by. But before I can move on to other, more advanced tooling topics, it’s time to cover the basics.

Let’s talk tooling.

This chapter ties together the topics covered so far to highlight and cover what tools help create, facilitate, and manage what you’ve learned. As you might expect, there are a lot of options, and I don’t have enough space to cover them all in detail. Instead, I cover the general principles of each tool’s responsibility, highlight some of the most popular or innovative options, and then suggest other options you can investigate.

The chapter covers tools for the following:

  • Writing
  • Collaborating...
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