{"product_id":"9798868825088","title":"Docs for Developers An Engineer’s Field Guide to Technical Writing","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDocs for Developers\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Engineer’s Field Guide to Technical Writing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJared Bhatti | Sarah Corleissen | Jen Lambourne | David Nunez | Heidi Waterhouse\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers \/ Internet \/ Web Programming\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eLearn the craft of documentation for each step in the software development lifecycle, from understanding your users’ needs to publishing, measuring, and maintaining useful developer documentation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eWell-documented projects save time for both developers on the project and users of the software. Projects without adequate documentation suffer from poor developer productivity, project scalability, user adoption, and accessibility. In short: bad documentation kills projects. This new edition has been fully updated and edited taking into account the needs for developers and tech writers today, with new content relating to AI, automation and LLMs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eDocs for Developers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003e demystifies the process of creating great developer documentation, following a team of software developers as they work to launch a new product. At each step along the way, you learn through examples, templates, and principles how to create, measure, and maintain documentation—tools you can adapt to the needs of your own organization.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eYou Will Learn to: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eCreate friction logs and perform user research to understand your users’ frustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eResearch, draft, and write different kinds of documentation, including READMEs, API documentation, tutorials, conceptual content, and release notes\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003ePublish and maintain documentation alongside regular code releases\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eMeasure the success of the content you create through analytics and user feedback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eOrganize larger sets of documentation to help users find the right information at the right time\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eUnderstand where (and where not) to integrate AI into your documentation workflow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eThis Book Is For \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eDevelopers who need to create documentation alongside code, or for technical writers, product managers, community managers, developer advocates, and other technical roles who create and contribute to documentation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e‘This book is like Strunk \u0026amp; White for writing tech docs’\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e—Tom Johnson, Senior Technical Writer, Google\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e‘As AI reshapes how people find and consume information, understanding your users and writing docs that serve them is critical – and Docs for Developers makes that entire process accessible to any team.’\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e—Tal Gluck, Developer Advocate, GitBook and co-author, State of Docs report\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eJared Bhatti \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eis Lead Technical Writer for Waymo engineering. Before that, he was the co-founder of Google’s Cloud documentation team. He’s worked on a variety of projects at Google, including Kubernetes, App Engine, Adsense, Google’s data centers, and Google’s environmental sustainability efforts. He loves teaching writing and mentors several junior writers in the industry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003earah Corleissen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003e has worked as a Senior Technical Writer in a variety of organizations focused on cloud native and open source work, including Isovalent, the Linux Foundation, Stripe, and Github. Sarah served as co-chair for Kubernetes documentation from 2017 until 2021. She enjoys speaking at conferences and loves to mentor writers and speakers of all abilities and backgrounds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eJen Lambourne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003e leads the technical writing and knowledge management discipline at Monzo Bank. Before her foray into fintech, she led a community of documentarians across the UK government as Head of Technical Writing at the Government Digital Service (GDS). Having moved from government to finance, she recognizes she’s drawn to creating inclusive and user-centred content in traditionally unfriendly industries. She likes using developer tools to manage docs, demystifying the writing process for engineers, mentoring junior writers, and presenting her adventures in documentation at conferences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Nunez\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Co-Founder of Falconer, an AI startup that for creating, maintaining, and finding institutional knowledge. Before that, he led the technical writing organization at Stripe, where he founded the internal documentation team and wrote for Increment magazine. He also founded and led the technical writing organization at Uber and held a documentation leadership role at Salesforce.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeidi Waterhouse\u003c\/strong\u003e spent a couple decades at Microsoft, Dell Software, and many, many startups learning to communicate with and for developers. 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