Documentation Practices
Documentation Practices refer to the systematic approaches and standards for creating, maintaining, and using technical documentation in software development. This includes writing code comments, API documentation, user guides, and architectural diagrams to ensure clarity, maintainability, and knowledge transfer. Effective practices help teams understand, use, and evolve software systems efficiently.
Developers should learn and apply Documentation Practices to improve code readability, facilitate onboarding of new team members, and support long-term project sustainability. Specific use cases include documenting complex algorithms, API endpoints for external consumers, and deployment procedures to reduce errors and downtime in production environments.