Writing and maintaining friendly (and interesting) docs
2024-11-29 , Jean Ferri Auditorium
Language: English

This talk will give an overview of existing tools, technologies and techniques for writing and maintaining technical documentation for open source projects.


This talk will give an overview of existing tools, technologies and techniques for writing technical documentation for open source projects and how to keep them up-to-date, interesting and accessible. We will also talk about the impact that good (and bad) documentation can have on a community.

Melissa is an applied mathematician and former university professor who fell in love with open source communities. She has been involved with the Python and PyData communities for some time, with a focus on outreach, education and DEI. She works at Quansight as a Senior Developer Experience Engineer, is a maintainer for NumPy, SciPy and napari, and believes in the power of contributions beyond code.