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I hope you are doing well. This is a compilation of essential links I have encountered as a writer. I hope this helps you too.
Technical Writing Roadmap By Hackmamba X iChuloo
Blogs
- A beginners guide to get started with technical writing By Cynthia Peter.
- Technical Writing - A beginners Guide By Bekah Hawrot Weigel.
- What is Technical Writing By UX Writing Hub.
- Everything You need to Know about Technical Writing By Lynda.
- Technical Writing - The what and How By Edidiong Asikpo.
- What is Technical Writing? by Kara Latz.
- What is Technical Writing By TechnicalWriterHq
- A software developer's guide to Writing By Ankur Tyagi
- How to Create Technical Documentation with Examples By Kingson S
- Software Documentation Best Pratices With Examples By David Oragui
Courses
- Learn Tech Writing by Arnab Ghosh.
- Tech Writers Master Class By Janet Underwood.
- Working with APIs By KnowlegdeOwl.
- Postman Learning center for API docs.
- Documenting APIs A guide for technical writers and engineers.
- API Docs for Devs By Shalvah.
- Getting Started in API Documentation By Robert Delwood.
- How to Read API Documentation By Richard Holmes
- Postman Academy By Postman. I highly recommend this resource. Taking all or any of the courses in this series will help you understand APIs and how to use Postman.
- An introduction to APIs by Zapier. This course breaks down APIs for beginners.
- How to create a documentation site from scratch By José A. Blanco
- How to build a docs site By Michael Currin
- Docs as Code: A Development Approach to Documentation By Ukeje Chukwuemeriwo Goodness
- What Is Docs as Code and Why Does It Matter? By Kristopher Sandoval
- Documentation as Code: why you need it and how to get started By Swimm Team
- Documentation ystem by Divio
- How the Docs are Structured By Gatsby
📰 Getting Started Guide retrospective: The good, the bad, the ugly – By Kate Mueller
🪄 21 Tips to write better posts for devs.
When deciding how to create content, it is important to pay attention to some companies that already have amazing styleguides to guide you. A list of remarkable style guides you can get inspiration from are:
- Microsoft.
- Google provides editorial guidelines for writing clear and consistent Google-related developer documentation.
- Diátaxis - A systematic framework for technical documentation authoring.
- Gitlab Style Guide.
- Alistapart Style Guide.
- Gatsby StyleGuides.
- The FreeCodeCamp Publication Style Guide.
Extra:
- How to write your style guide as a Technical Writer By Segun Olumide.
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Microsoft's brand voice: Above all, simple and human.
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Atlassian Design System - Voice and design Principles.
Technical Writing Tools
- Learn Adobe frame maker.
- Learn Adobe frame maker.
Productivity and Content Planning
- How I use Notion for my Article and Content Ideas By Dillion Megida.
- Feedly lets you get the news you want all in one place.
Grammar
- Grammarly helps you write mistake-free in Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and any other app you use.
Plagiarism Checker
- Quetext's plagiarism checker analyzes your text to identify plagiarism, resolve other writing issues, and easily build citations.
Paraphrasing Tool
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Quillbot Helps you rewrite and enhance any sentence, paragraph, or article using state-of-the-art AI.
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Wordtune is an AI-powered writing companion that understands what you’re trying to say, and suggests ways to make your writing clearer, compelling and authentic.
Graphics
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Create cover images for your articles and blog posts using Canva.
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Mermaid lets you create diagrams and visualizations using text and code.
CrossPost
AI Tools
Extras
→ Americans with disability act.
→ Inclusive writing for everyone.
✨ The 7 Sins of Developer Experience By Christiano Betta. This resource gives you an insight into Developer Experience.
✨ Developer experience in terms of API design.
Newsletters📬✉️
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The everything technical writing newsletter By Linda Ikechukwu.
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Dentry Newsletter By William Imoh: Receive entry-level and intermediate roles in software engineering, design, and product management.
Podcasts🎙🎙
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Thenotboringtechwriter Podcast By Jacob Moses.
Books📘📘
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Docs for Developers; An Engineer’s Field Guide to Technical Writing.
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Writing Handbook by Julian Shapiro.
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Technical Writing 101: A Real-World Guide to Planning and Writing Technical Content By Alan S. Pringle, Sarah S. O'keefe.
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Create your Blog and publish as you learn. The first two options don't require you to be technical to set things up;
- Hashnode
- Dev.to
- Create a more personalized website using Wix, Webflow, or WordPress.
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Contribute to Open source Projects.
- Technical Writers Guide to Contributing to Open Source By Edidiong Asikpo.
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Create Your Resume and Cover Letter
- Cover Letter Template By Dillion Megida.
- Careers.google - How we hire
- Content Writing Jobs: Hand-picked writing opportunities to work from home, remotely, freelance, full-time, part-time, contract and internships.
- Pocket Writer Job boards List.
- Smashing Magazine.
- CSS Tricks.
- Educative.io.
- Sitepoint.
- Vonage Learn.
- Civo.
- Airbyte.
- Circleci.
- Ambassador.
📘 This page links to the topics that have been covered by conference talks or in the newsletter for the 'Write The Docs' community.
📘 If you are new to tech and need a basic introduction to computer science. Here are a couple of my favourite resources to get you started: Harvard CS50 course.
📀 Seeing your docs through different eyes: Mapping doc users experiences By Aaron Collier.
📀 What do you look for when hiring technical Writers By Dawn Davenport.
📀 Code Samples In Documentation By Brian Murray.
📀 Blog Promotion Checklist By Karl Hughes.
📘 Learn Git in a Month of Lunches.
📘 GIT PURR! Git Commands Explained with Cats! By Tomomi Imura.
📘 A Visual Guide to Version Control By Better Explained.
🖊 SEO for beginners: An Introduction to SEO Basics.
🖊 Search Engine Optimization: A Beginner's Guide from Ahrefs.
🖊 The Beginner's Guide to SEO: Rankings and traffic through search engine optimization.
🔗 Resources on Technical writing covering Transcription, Word Processing, Defi Content Writing, Ux Writing, NFT Content Writing.
As a technical writer, you might find yourself learning on the job. Below, you'll find links to platforms that offer both free and paid courses. I encourage you to spend some time reading and upskilling. Happy learning.
Hey stranger, I plan to update this as much as possible. You can contribute if you find something you learned from and think we, too, can learn from.
I am glad you have taken this path, and if you want to talk, send a DM on Twitter.
Happy Learning!!!