Differences Between How-To and Tutorial Documentation - Open Documentation Hour

Differences Between How-To and Tutorial Documentation - Open Documentation Hour

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Cooking example

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Cooking example

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Differences Between How-To and Tutorial Documentation - Open Documentation Hour

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Updates
  3. 3 Presentation starts
  4. 4 How-to vs. a tutorial
  5. 5 Cooking example
  6. 6 Similarities between the two
  7. 7 Differences between working and learning
  8. 8 More confusion
  9. 9 Further reading
  10. 10 Diátaxis definitions
  11. 11 Questions
  12. 12 When do you need a tutorial?
  13. 13 How do you decide if you need one or the other?
  14. 14 How simple should a How-to be
  15. 15 Other options on how the two differ
  16. 16 Tutorials that glue the product together
  17. 17 Tutorials for teaching, How-tos for general use
  18. 18 How do you know if your tutorial is effective?
  19. 19 What'a a good advanced-level tutorial?
  20. 20 Should you use screenshots?
  21. 21 Where is the single source of truth?

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