Links for technical writers

Community

• Write the Docs: a global community of people who care about documentation.

• The Good Docs Project: volunteers empowering developers to create good documentation.

• Google Season of Docs: support for open source projects to improve their documentation.

• Top 5 Technical Writing Communities of 2024: list of 2024’s top 5 technical writing communities according to Hackmamba.

Training

• Google’s Technical Writing Courses: learn how to plan and author technical documents.

• GOV.UK: Documenting APIs: structuring, designing and publishing your API documentation.

• Best Technical Writing Courses & Certificates: Selected list of technical writing courses from Coursera.

• Become a Certified Technical Writer: Technical Writer HQ specializes in providing courses for various types of writing certifications.

Style and structure

• Microsoft Writing Style Guide: writing style guide and terminology for all communication.

• Google Style Guides: guides on style for languages from AngularJS to Vim script.

• Diátaxis: a systematic approach to technical documentation authoring.

• Introduction to DITA: an open standard and architecture for technical information.

• Technical Writing Resources: resources and style guides from Google for developers.

• What is a Technical Writer Style Guide? With Examples: guide with style examples from Document360.

Frameworks

• AsciiDoc: a plain text markup language for writing technical content.

• Docusaurus: MDX-powered documentation publishing platform.

• Sphinx: use RST or MyST Markdown to author highly structured technical documents.

• LaTeX: text-based markup for type setting, especially for scientific documentation.

Great documentation examples

• Mozilla Developer Network: documenting web technologies, including CSS, HTML, and JavaScript.

• Django documentation: a web framework developed to publish data-driven websites.

• Arch Linux wiki: community-driven in-depth articles on many aspects of Linux and open source.

• Microsoft technical documentation: in-depth guides and articles organised by product.

• Google Workspace Learning Center: collection of resources of Google’s Learning Center.

• Stripe API documentation: documentation for an efficient and correct use of Stripe API.