| UX v DX |
There is a lot of discussion around UX which is nice but my focus is the Developer Experience. In the past, there was a segment of the population that would debate that a Developer is a User, just a different kind of user.
That was fine.
In the meantime, while they were ignoring devs, I focused my work toward developers. This is the audience I wrote to. The instructions for how to use the API or how to parse a json files - were for developers.
The instructions to run the AI applications in python or C/C++ were most definitely written for developers.
| Levels |
There was something else these marketers and product sales people would never understand - the different levels for dev. You have your hackers, your professional devs, your script kiddies and everything in between or on the way to a new level.
| exit_success |
Writing instructions so all would succeed with a final exit_success result is the goal of writing to the "dev" audience.
I know some integrators who will read a 800 page manual, and some like "manual, we don't need no stinkin' manual!".
Personally, I like Ikea's manuals. No words. Total internationalization.
|| F.T.W ||
- Keep engaged - eye on the prize
- Keep informed - offer accurate instructions with info
- Keep on task - offer relevant information
- Keep it simple, stupid - KISS still rocks!
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