RE: Recommendations for programmer's guides

["Marsh, Ed" <Ed -dot- Marsh -at- gs -dot- com>]

Curses! Iâve been confused with Ed Marshall again.

Iâm not an API docs guy, but you may be right about what the OP was looking for, Tony. In that case, like Robert, I do not recommend looking at Drupalâs documentation; I think most of the âgood stuffâ for Drupal is over at stackoverflow anyway.

Ed Marsh (-all)
From: Tony Chung [mailto:tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca]
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 11:46 AM
To: Marsh, Ed [Fin]
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Recommendations for programmer's guides

Hi Ed,

I thought the OP was looking for more a programmer's guide, not an API doc. There is a major difference between the two, even though the audience is similar.

API/SDK doc (your specialty) is aimed at developers who have familiarity with the ecosystem to understand the guts in more depth. It's a reference.

A PG is more for the developer who is getting started, may be branching from a similar system, or deciding between tools. It's a how-to manual.

A PG would provide best practices for the problem the system solves (and how the system is meant to be used) and not just a collection of features.

The SDK can add programming guide-like content, but the intent is more for use as a cookbook than an explanation of the system.

-Tony


On Monday, August 31, 2015, Marsh, Ed <Ed -dot- Marsh -at- gs -dot- com<mailto:Ed -dot- Marsh -at- gs -dot- com>> wrote:
I don't disagree that Drupal's docs are all over the place (as well as its whole ecosystem, but that's another debate), but the API doc section at least shows some consistent structure, and I think that's what the OP was looking for.

Ed.
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