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Article #620992Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Dan Espen
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 02:52
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 02:52
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Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se> writes: > On Sun, 2018-02-25, Dan Espen wrote: >> Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> writes: >> >>> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: >>>> On 2018-02-24, Walter Bushell <pr...@panix.com> wrote: > > ... >>>>> No matter, all documentation is horrid. >>>> >>>> Care to elaborate? >>> >>> Ever tried to write documentation? It's hard to get it right. >> >> Lots and lots. >> >> I actually enjoy it as it helps me clarify the code I'm writing >> and be sure I test all the features. > > I assume you mean the end user documentation. In a way. During development I'd work on the release/features document. Near release I'd copy or move stuff into the user manual. > That's a strategy that works really well for me, too. I'm only rarely > allowed to do it at work, though -- the workflow tends to be that > Someone Else writes the documentation long after the feature is > finished and tested (by testers who haven't read the documentation). I hate not being in control of the whole development process including end user documentation. -- Dan Espen
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