Programming ... the document? Who is it written for? Is it a tutorial, a reference, a specification, or a report? Depending on the type of document, the quality criteria may vary. For example ...

Software documentation standards vary depending on the programming language, platform, domain, and purpose of the software project. For example, JavaDoc is a standard for documenting Java code ...

Abstract: Programmers learning how to use an API or a programming ... effective examples. We found that the explanations acompanying examples are as important as the examples themselves. Our findings ...