When you treat docs like code, you want to deploy that “code” to a web site. In our case, these code source files are doc source files. We want to see how something like a documentation site looks on a web site with a static site generator (SSG) like Jekyll. I had been practicing these […]
Learn Git and GitHub Now with Three Doc Projects
I like to point people to GitHub Pages when they want to learn Git. How about three options for learning Git and GitHub with doc projects?
How Balsamiq Solved Static Site Challenges with Code
Leon Barnard from Balsamiq wrote up a great series of challenges and solutions for the docslikecode.com website. His lessons learned are super helpful for all of us: Challenge #1: Documenting multiple product versions Challenge #2: Adding play/pause to animated GIFs Challenge #3: Giving the list pages a makeover He summarizes the series best in his […]