Technical writing for developers training course

Virtual Classroom

 

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Cherryleaf offers the course in two versions:

  • With Google’s courseware.
  • With Cherryleaf’s courseware.

Both courses will improve your technical writing skills. You’ll gain confidence you’re approaching each writing project in the right way, and creating content that follows best practice.

The courses can be delivered to teams within organisations, in a virtual classroom format. Past clients include DWB-P, The Financial Times, K15T, and Post Luxembourg.

We also offer an elearning course for individual students.

Why attend this course?

This course is ideal if you:

  • Want to communicate more clearly and effectively
  • Want to know how little, or how much, they should write
  • Struggle with planning their writing
  • Want people to answer their own support questions

The course will improve your technical writing skills. You’ll gain confidence you’re approaching each writing project in the right way, and creating content that follows best practice.

Who are these courses for?

The courses have been designed for:

  • Software engineers
  • Software engineering students
  • People in Developer Relations (DevRel) roles, such as Developer Evangelists and Developer Advocates

In addition, other people involved in software development (such as product managers) can benefit from these courses, especially if they:

  • Want to communicate more clearly and effectively
  • Want to know how little, or how much, they should write
  • Struggle with planning their writing
  • Want people to answer their own support questions

Prerequisites

Delegates need to have basic writing proficiency in English.

What will I learn?

You’ll learn:

  • How to communicate clearly, even if writing doesn’t come naturally
  • How to save time and write in an efficient way
  • Confidence in the work you produce

You’ll have access to a framework and templates to help you with your writing.

Topics covered

With Google’s courseware

Cherryleaf can deliver two developer technical writing classes that Google has created and delivered to its own staff.

There are two courses for groups:

Technical Writing for Developers Part One

This covers the critical basics of technical writing. It teaches you how to write clearer technical documentation.You’ll learn:

  • How to communicate clearly, even if writing doesn’t come naturally
  • How to save time and write in an efficient way
  • Confidence in the work you produce

You’ll have access to a framework and templates to help you with your writing.

You can also get feedback on your completed exercises.

Technical Writing for Developers Part Two

This covers intermediate topics in technical writing and communication. It teaches topics such as creating sample code, tutorials, images and diagrams.

Technical Writing for Developers - With Cherryleaf's courseware

With this option, you can extend and customise the course, so that it covers the specific topics your developers need. This course covers the same topics as Google’s course, plus a few more.

We typically cover:

Writing clearly

  • Writing clearer sentences
  • How to write instructions
  • The basics of English grammar
  • Using the active voice
  • Style, tone and voice

Writing for your audience

  • Identifying your target audience
  • Understanding your target audience’s needs
  • Support reading to do, study, and locate

Designing your information

  • Headings
  • Links
  • Lists

Structuring your information

  • Chunking your content into topics
  • Sequencing the information
  • Organising large documents

Defining your document’s purpose and scope

  • Defining your document’s purpose and scope
  • Writing different types of documents
  • Defining the outcomes

Planning and outlining  your writing

  • Top down planning
  • Templates
  • How to write and present different types of information

Writing in Markdown and Asciidoc

  • Using Markdown (or Asciidoc) to write documentation

Using images and diagrams

  • Planning and creating diagrams
  • Using images
  • Using screenshots

Writing clear code samples

  • Writing code samples
  • Using Markdown, HTML, and Word to write code samples

Reviewing and editing your content

  • Verification and validation
  • Editing
  • Proofreading

Software tools

Maintaining the content

Measuring if it works

Duration and delivery format

Screenshot of class delivered over Microsoft Teams

Technical Writing for Developers – Google courseware

Technical Writing for Developers Part One and Technical Writing for Developers Part Two courses are delivered in a virtual classroom format. They include some online, pre-class, self-study teaching materials.

Each course comprises:

  • 2-3 hours of pre-course self-study learning and exercises
  • 2.5 hours virtual classroom learning

Technical Writing for Developers – Cherryleaf courseware

This course is currently offered to teams as a virtual classroom course, delivered over Microsoft Teams or Zoom. The course is split into two sessions of 3 hours each, delivered on different days.

elearning course option for individual students

We have developed an elearning course as alternative for individuals who are not able to attend group courses.

It contains recorded videos, exercises, checklists, and framework documents.

Go to the elearning course website

Accreditations and certificates

Google has no plans to accredit any trainer or organisation delivering its course. It is not planning to accredit any of the delegates, or to provide certificates.

However, Cherryleaf can provide a course certificate to delegates at the end of the course.

Our expertise

As well as teaching technical communication, we also create end-user documentation, Help and UI text for clients. This means every course is based on practical experience of technical writing in today’s environment. The techniques you’ll learn on this course are the same ones used by our projects team.

Course options and prices

Virtual classroom

The prices for the group courses depend on the number of delegates taking them. Here is some typical pricing:

5 delegates: £1700 ex VAT

10 delegates: £2450 ex VAT

Contact us for more details.

elearning course option

See: Technical writing for developers elearning course

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