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Software documentation is written text that accompanies computer software. It explains how the software operates, how to install it, how to use it, and other resources for help.

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Describing JS program flow in @fileoverview

I have to edit other people's JavaScript code. The code usually loads some data from a Web API, generates a table, places it into the HTML page, and attaches some event handlers. Due to the async ...
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Adding documentation after modifying the code

In our TFS (Version 14.102.25423.0) I can click Browse on home page, then under Browse Server, pick my project and hit Navigate. Once inside my project, I see tabs like Home Code Work Build ...
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Shared pointers across threads in UML for class and sequence diagrams

How does one represent shared pointers across threads in UML for class diagrams and sequence diagrams? I especially want to document the ownership of the memory even though it's accessibility (a ...
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Should I use RFC 2119 in interface documentation?

RFC 2119 defines several terms, including MUST, SHOULD, and MAY, for use in standards documents, particularly those relating to networking protocols such as IP and HTTP. These terms are widely used ...
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Scala/SBT - Documenting Configuration Change for Releases

I'm trying to collect different ways of managing configuration across multiple environments. I have a requirement to document configuration changes for the deployment plan. Dev values are defaults in ...
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Classification of methods that are only accessible by a child class and its parent

I'm trying to document some of my JavaScript according to this JavaScript Documentation guide and came across member access (private, public, protected). I was wondering what the classification would ...
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Interactive help in a statically-typed language with overloading

One of the nice features of IPython is that I can inspect a function. In [1]: def inc(x): ...: """Increments a number""" ...: return x+1 ...: In [2]: inc? Type: function ...