What part writer? What part programmer? A survey of practices and knowledge used in programmer writing

There are few resources geared to technical writers working on documentation for software developers. This paper presents the results of online surveys and telephone interviews that cover the experience, technical knowledge, and practices of technical writers in this area, with a large percentage of...

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Vydané v:IPCC 2005. Proceedings. International Professional Communication Conference, 2005 s. 802 - 812
Hlavný autor: Bottomley, C.
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Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: IEEE 2005
Predmet:
Application software
Computer languages
Documentation
Java
Professional communication
Programming profession
Robustness
Telephony
Visual BASIC
Writing
ISBN:078039027X, 9780780390270
ISSN:2158-091X
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Shrnutí:There are few resources geared to technical writers working on documentation for software developers. This paper presents the results of online surveys and telephone interviews that cover the experience, technical knowledge, and practices of technical writers in this area, with a large percentage of respondents who are Microsoft employees. Respondents value strong writing skills and the ability to learn quickly and continuously, with the amount and type of knowledge needed being specific to the subject area and audience for their work.
ISBN:078039027X
9780780390270
ISSN:2158-091X
DOI:10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494255