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In this course, you’ll learn what documentation is and why it’s an important part of the development process. You'll learn how to build a well-structured README that you’ll be able to incorporate into your projects moving forward. By the end of this course, you will have written your very own README file using Markdown.
Syllabus
This course is split into three short stages:
1. What is documentation, and who is it for?
2. What makes a good README?
3. How can you write a README quickly using Markdown?
Instructors
- Walter Latimer - Walter Latimer has been a longtime advocate of alternative and online education. Before Udacity, he designed curriculum for Wyncode Academy in Miami and taught beginners to code with Codecademy.
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Udacity is a for-profit educational organization founded by Sebastian Thrun, David Stavens, and Mike Sokolsky offering massive open online courses (MOOCs). According to Thrun, the origin of the name Udacity comes from the company's desire to be "audacious for you, the student". While it originally focused on offering university-style courses, it now focuses more on vocational courses for professionals.