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What is expected in the documentation of a software project [duplicate]
I have about a month left to work on my final year project for college and between all my assignments and exams, I have to write documentation for it. On our college guidelines it states the ...
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At what stage of a project should documentation be done?
I was assigned to fix some issues in a PHP project. Later on, I was asked to implement some new features, which I did. The project neither uses any framework nor does it use OOP. It lacks a proper ...
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Are XML Comments Necessary Documentation?
I used to be a fan of requiring XML comments for documentation. I've since changed my mind for two main reasons:
Like good code, methods should be self-explanatory.
In practice, most XML ...
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Are there any good, open-source change request systems? [closed]
I have a need to make a somewhat custom change request system (very high auditing requirements).
Instead of completely reinventing the wheel I was wondering if there's an open-source change request ...
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How to make sure the application source code has a proper documentation for new programmers? [duplicate]
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How much documentation is enough?
Do you know how the big IT company like IBM, Microsoft, or google make sure their application source code has proper documentation for ...
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How to structure process description documentation?
I'm writing a document describing process improvement recommendations. I have some best practices I've learned so far. I use those practices most of the time. But I suppose there are other ways to ...
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Moving from one man project to team project in the future. What should I be doing now in preparation and what can wait?
To elaborate I am interested in knowing what people think you need to put in place while still a one man project (team source control, documentation, builds etc) and what things don't need to be done ...
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What should you include in a development approach document?
I'm in the middle of co-producing a "development approach" document for off-shore resources as they ramp up onto our project.
The most recent (similar) document our company has used is over 80 pages, ...
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Is there a software development methodology that is best suited for iPhone Development?
Which project management and software development methodology is best suited for iPhone Development? Are there any documentation templates available which documents an iPhone Development project?
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Javadoc for outsiders versus javadoc for insiders
When building an API for a customer, the public javadoc has to contain just what you want to show the customer. Which is a shame, as it the javadoc is also, in some ways, the obvious target for some ...
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I'm tasked with leading the documentation effort for an existing, entirely undocumented, software product - what resources are there to help me?
I'm a software developer at a technology company. I have been tasked with leading the documentation effort for the product I work on. The goal is to produce documentation internal to developer, and ...
