/plushcap/analysis/mintlify/mintlify-how-to-write-documentation-that-developers-want-to-read

How to write documentation that developers want to read

What's this blog post about?

The creation of top-tier documentation requires a deep understanding of the audience, including their common experiences, challenges, and preferred programming languages. To write effective documentation, one must be both a strategist and an artist, combining technical knowledge with an understanding of the holistic product and its users' needs. This can be achieved by providing context, defining clear outcomes, becoming an expert on the product, creating strategic paths to information, avoiding repetition, treating docs as code, and making updates a team effort.

Company
Mintlify

Date published
Oct. 8, 2024

Author(s)
Han Wang

Word count
1674

Language
English

Hacker News points
None found.


By Matt Makai. 2021-2024.