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5 Good Reasons to Use a Style Guide

Steve Wacker, a technical documentation writer and editor at Wadeware, shares 5 good reasons to use a style guide when developing technical content.

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5 Instructional Design Best Practices

A common mistake in courseware design is trying to force students to learn too much too soon. Keep them engaged throughout your learning sessions by following these instructional design best practices.

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Adding Value to Software Development through Effective Testing

Anu shares the value of developing a strong detailed test plan and test cases so that projects don't run overbudget due to quality control issues and last minute re-factoring to meet the real business...

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How to Discover Your Business Requirements

Having clearly defined requirements at the start of a project is extremely important. Requirements help establish and maintain a solid target throughout a project, help minimize wasted time and...

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URLs: To see, or not to see? That is the question…

This post provides a bit of history about hypertext and discusses different options for displaying hyperlinks. It also seeks input from readers about whether full URLs (hyperlinks) are useful and their...

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Geopolitical issues in technical writing

Paul Henry discusses some of the many interesting considerations a writer faces when writing for an international audience about international topics.

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Deflecting the curse of writer’s block

Writer’s block can be quite frustrating when you’re trying to meet a deadline. Holly Amundson shares some tried and true methods for overcoming writer’s block.

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Implementing effective code reviews

Turn programmer code reviews into powerful tools for improvement and skill building with 11 helpful tips from Developer Joe Seabast.

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Remodeling 101: An Instructional Designer’s point of view

How is a bathroom remodel like a content development project? Instructional Designer Katie O’Zey shows you how to utilize your resources to plan a successful project.

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C# AutoCleanup class: Use IDisposable for cleaner code

Ever feel like C# try/finally Blocks are clumsy and imperfect? Wadeware’s Dave Parker explains how you can use IDisposable and Lambda Expressions to create an AutoCleanup Class in C#.

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