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Open Source Technical Documentation Essentials (LFC111)

Get started with creating and executing a documentation plan for your open source, developer-oriented project.

Who Is It For

This course is designed for open source developers, project managers, and engineers, catering to different writing skills. Also beneficial for tech writers with basic programming knowledge.
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What You’ll Learn

Learn the importance of dedicating resources to documentation for open source, cloud-native products. Discover how to identify your audience, evaluate existing content, balance conceptual and detailed information, define effective API docs, and prepare for a quality content production.
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What It Prepares You For

By the end of this course, you will be able to plan, create, evaluate, enhance, and seamlessly integrate high-quality documentation into open source projects.
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Course Outline
Chapter 1. Course Introduction
Chapter 2. Creating Effective API Documentation
Chapter 3. Contents of an API Documentation Suite
Chapter 4. Supporting the Documentation Effort

Prerequisites
Students should have prior knowledge of software engineering concepts and development environments. Additionally, a basic understanding of APIs, their users, and their applications is recommended.
Reviews
Sep 2024
I liked that the course emphasized how important it is for a documentation to be very detailed for both the user and the team.
Aug 2024
The best part of this course was the comprehensive approach to open-source technical documentation. I appreciated the clear explanations and practical examples, which helped me understand best practices and common pitfalls in documentation. The interactive elements, and real-world case studies, made the learning experience engaging and applicable to actual projects.
Jul 2024
This is a short, focused course, covering the important aspects of effectively documenting open source projects.
Jun 2024
The course introduced me to the concepts of documentation. I had some ideas before, but it was not as intense as this is.
May 2024
I really appreciated the way the course outlined the main points to follow, providing a rather exhaustive list of what is covered in technical documents. This will eventually enable me to delve deeper into these topics, drawing inspiration from what is done on other projects for each of these subjects.
Apr 2024
The course has easy takeaways, like the 'Quick Eval Checklist" for quick, repeated reference.
Apr 2024
I didn't know that Documentation as a service had become quite a serious business. This course correctly adjusted my expectations! I'm looking forward to LFC112 now.
Mar 2024
Easy to read and understand. Additionally, the course even gave you resources to find even more information. Thank you!
Mar 2024
Great course on technical documentation, I learned a lot of new things, and I also want to put them into practice in my work environment.
Mar 2024
The course was easy to consume and understand, the references provided were also helpful, and there weren't so many references to other documentation that it was overwhelming.
Feb 2024
The information is clearly explained, and it can even be applied to documenting other kinds of products that aren't related to software, especially the section about defining the information required for different users.
Feb 2024
I quite enjoyed the bird's eye view of what needs to be done to be successful in writing high-quality documentation. Thank you for this!
Jan 2024
It has given me an overview on how to prepare quality documentation for software products, which I lacked previously.
Jan 2024
A neat and nice introduction on how to write technical documentation for open source/closed source projects.