Documentation-Driven Development

This talk examines how Django’s documentation shapes code quality, community development, and programmers’ professional growth. It discusses how other projects can gain similar benefits by treating documentation as part of development.

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