Docs or it didn't happen! [PyCon UK 2017]

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DOCS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN! Mikey Ariel @ThatDocsLady @WriteTheDocs PyCon UK 2017

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Why are we here? We are *not* here to argue whether documentation is important (or to argue about anything, really). And please leave your flamewars at the door, documentation is communication so let’s remember how to do that. This talk will run the full 25 minutes, with no on-stage questions. Personal interaction is recommended (talk to me afterwards!), or you can email, Slack, or tweet @ThatDocsLady with your questions any time. ◉ We want to have more users and contributors ◉ We believe (or want to believe) that docs can help ◉ is stopping us from working on docs

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Who is That Docs Lady? @ThatDocsLady [email protected] @WriteTheDocs

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WHAT’S ON THE MENU TODAY?

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Content Strategy Plan a little, save a lot Community Spirit We’re all in this together DevOps for Docs Not just for developers anymore

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JOIN THE DOCUMENTARIAN CLUB!

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“ A documentarian is someone who cares about documentation and communication in the software industry, regardless of job title. http://www.writethedocs.org/documentarians/

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Documentarians Writers Developers Designers DevOps Marketing Support UX

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CONTENT STRATEGY Asking the right questions in advance can save a lot of time later 1

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NEED-TO-KNOW DOCS (and no, you don’t need to know everything)

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Need-to-Know Documentation

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Need-to-Know Documentation Who

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Need-to-Know Documentation Who What

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Need-to-Know Documentation Who When What

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Need-to-Know Documentation Who Where When What

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Need-to-Know Documentation Who Why Where When What

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EXAMPLES (because screenshots rock)

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GNOME Help help.gnome.org help.gnome.org

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GNOME Help help.gnome.org

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GNOME Help help.gnome.org

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GNOME Help help.gnome.org

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Arch Linux Wiki wiki.archlinux.org

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Arch Linux Wiki wiki.archlinux.org

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Minishift README github.com/minishift/minishift

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Minishift Troubleshooting github.com/minishift/minishift/issues/1152

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Minishift Troubleshooting github.com/minishift/minishift-centos-iso/pull/119

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Minishift Troubleshooting docs.openshift.org/latest/minishift/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-misc

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DEVOPS FOR DOCS Geeking out about documentation tooling and workflow 2

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INTEGRATION (if you can’t beat them, join them)

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UNIFIED TOOLING If it ain’t baroque, don’t fix it!

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Docs-as-Code github.com/minishift/minishift

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Modular Source Content github.com/minishift/minishift

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Issue Tracking github.com/minishift/minishift

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Issue Tracking github.com/minishift/minishift

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CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION No need to stop the press anymore!

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Publication Tools

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Continuous Deployment readthedocs.org/projects/writethedocs-www/builds

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Live-Preview Staging github.com/writethedocs/www/pulls/

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TESTING AUTOMATION More than a just a spell-checker!

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Linguistic Validation www.hemingwayapp.com

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Test Automation Framework github.com/emender/emender

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COMMUNITY SPIRIT Let’s help our contributors help us and help each other 3

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“ Docs or it didn’t happen! - Me, at the beginning of this presentation

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Django Project Linux Kernel OpenStack Documentation as a Deliverable

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Contribution Guidelines nixos.wiki/wiki/Contributing_to_Nix_documentation

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Templates www.writethedocs.org/guide/writing/beginners-guide-to-docs

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The Documentarian community is growing!

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Dedicated Conferences

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Doc Sprints and Hackfests Documentation Help Desk during Monday sprints! (I have stickers)

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@ThatDocsLady [email protected] @WriteTheDocs WELCOME TO THE CLUB!