Software Documentation

Software Documentation is a detailed explanation of the design, utility, and functionality of software products. Coursera's Software Documentation catalogue empowers you to create high-quality, purposeful, and user-friendly documentation for software applications. You'll learn how to write concise and precise technical documentation, create user manuals, develop API references, and generate software requirement and design specifications. This course will also guide you towards effectively communicating complex software architecture, features, and code changes to both technical and non-technical users, thus contributing significantly to the software development lifecycle.
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  • Status: Free Trial

    Dartmouth College

    Skills you'll gain: Command-Line Interface, C (Programming Language), Linux Commands, Linux, Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Programming Principles, Computer Engineering, Linux Servers, File Systems, System Programming, Build Tools, Data Structures, Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Computer Programming, Software Documentation, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Debugging

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    424 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Skills you'll gain: Ggplot2, Software Documentation, Open Source Technology, Tidyverse (R Package), Package and Software Management, Web Scraping, Data Manipulation, Data Visualization Software, Leaflet (Software), R Programming, Data Visualization, Technical Documentation, Datamaps, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Data Cleansing, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Transformation, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), GitHub, Debugging

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
    1.5K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: API Design, Restful API, API Gateway, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud API, Application Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Application Management, Proxy Servers, Software Documentation, Authentications, Authorization (Computing)

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    2.4K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
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    Coursera Instructor Network

    Skills you'll gain: API Design, API Gateway, Application Programming Interface (API), Software Documentation, Restful API, Server Side, Test Automation, Development Testing, Software Testing, Interactive Design, Software Design, Back-End Web Development, Test Case, Full-Stack Web Development, Collaboration, Debugging, Version Control

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Microsoft Copilot, Software Development Tools, Prompt Engineering, Software Documentation, Artificial Intelligence, Code Review

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    44 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
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    EDUCBA

    Skills you'll gain: Extensible Markup Language (XML), Extensible Languages and XML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, Data Validation, Data Mapping, Verification And Validation, Data Sharing, Javascript, Document Management, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Technical Documentation, Interoperability, Maintainability, Data Integrity, Information Architecture, Software Documentation, Data Management, Scripting, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    71 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Preview

    Google Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: Site Reliability Engineering, Service Level, DevOps, System Monitoring, Continuous Monitoring, Risk Management Framework, Cloud Computing, Software Documentation

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    947 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    NIIT

    Skills you'll gain: Node.JS, API Gateway, MySQL, Restful API, MongoDB, Microservices, API Design, NoSQL, Object-Relational Mapping, Database Design, Relational Databases, Unit Testing, SQL, Databases, Server Side, Application Deployment, Javascript, Application Programming Interface (API), Software Documentation, Data Modeling

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
    114 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial

    Scrimba

    Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Software Documentation, Technical Documentation, Style Guides, Web Development, Technical Writing

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
    10 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Software Development, Development Environment, Software Documentation, Data Validation, Javascript, Debugging, Maintainability, Data Structures, Software Design, Computer Programming, Data Management

    3.9
    Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
    7 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial

    Universidad Austral

    Skills you'll gain: Software Documentation, Object Oriented Design, Unified Modeling Language, Software Design, Test Driven Development (TDD), Unit Testing, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Programming Principles, Software Testing, Software Quality (SQA/SQC), Software Development, Computer Programming, Python Programming

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
    278 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Generative AI, Test Driven Development (TDD), Integration Testing, Unit Testing, Python Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Cloud Applications, Serverless Computing, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Azure, Algorithms, Software Documentation, Maintainability, Code Review, Software Development, Software Design, Technical Documentation, Application Deployment

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    17 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months