Explore documentation-driven development in this EuroPython Conference talk. Learn how Django's success is rooted in its high-quality documentation, driving code quality, community growth, and programmer development. Discover the substantial returns on Django's documentation investment, including its impact on code quality, community project development, and professional growth of Django programmers. Gain insights into how Django achieved these benefits and how any project can implement similar strategies. Examine the role of documentation in developing a community, showing respect, informing and guiding new contributions, and fostering programmer growth. Understand how documenting code enhances understanding and how Django implements documentation-driven development. Recognize information and documentation as activities rather than products, and learn how to leverage these principles in your own projects.
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
DOCUMENTATION DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
DJANGO'S DOCUMENTATION IS EXEMPLARY
DJANGO'S GOOD DOCUMENTATION, IS GOOD FOR DJANGO
DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY
'INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION, AS PROCESS AND ACTIVITY
GOOD DOCUMENTATION SHOWS RESPECT
DJANGO'S DOCUMENTATION INFORMS ITS COMMUNITY
LESSONS FROM THE DJANGO PROJECT TASTE THE DIFFERENCE
NINJAS AND ROCKSTARS
DEVELOPING PROGRAMMERS
DJANGO'S DOCUMENTATION GUIDES NEW CONTRIBUTIONS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO DJANGO'S DOCUMENTATION ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND HELD TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO DJANGO'S DOCUMENTATION ARE VALUED
DOCUMENTING CODE IS THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY TO UNDERSTAND IT
DJANGO DOES DOCUMENTATION- DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE ACTIVITIES, NOT PRODUCTS
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EuroPython Conference
