<div dir="ltr">I'm in favor of a Google doc, so everyone can contribute or make comments. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:47 PM Felicity Brand <<a href="mailto:felicitybrand@gmail.com">felicitybrand@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Clarence! I think I had an action item on me to make a google doc to get this started. <div><br></div><div>What I can do is grab the ideas you've shared here, put them in a google doc and add my ideas too...</div><div><br></div><div>Or is there another way? Like, is a google doc the best way? Should I be doing something in one of our github repos instead?</div><div><br></div><div>Felicity</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 2:11 PM Clarence Cromwell <<a href="mailto:clarencewcromwell@gmail.com" target="_blank">clarencewcromwell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>We have to start somewhere. If the quickstart is going to be our first template, here are some ideas to include in it. I will also look at examples of some of the quickstarts I've worked on to see if they give me any more ideas. </div><div><br></div><div>Can anyone add to this?</div><br><div>My ideas to contribute to a quickstart template. </div><div><br></div><div>1.) The main body should follow these guidelines. </div><div><br></div><div>* It should be a clear, concise, step-by-step tutorial (A set of numbered steps)</div><div>* It should describe the easiest way to use the API, as opposed to the most optimized production modes or most advanced uses </div><div>* It should be explaining the basic operations that most users will want to perform on the site, or the operations they will perform first. </div><div>* Each step should contain all the information necessary to complete it. And the Quickstart should not contain any additional info that is not needed--because it will be easier to understand if it is as brief as possible. </div><div>* It should include code samples (examples) that users can copy and paste. For each step that the user has to perform. (If it's an API)</div><div>* Each example should be explained in comments that follow directly after the example, so newcomers can quickly understand how the API works </div><div><br></div><div>2.) The quickstart should not include: <br></div><div><br></div><div>* Setup information</div><div>* Things that belong in the reference section, like authentication, throttling, error codes, a complete description of any feature.</div><div>* Things that belong in the overview (a general description of the product; what it can do; what it can't do)</div><div><br></div><div>3.) Links to external examples. The quickstart template should include a list of examples of good quickstarts that you can check out for comparison. It should discuss what we like or don't like about each example. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
_______________________________________________<br>
SeasonOfDocs mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:SeasonOfDocs@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">SeasonOfDocs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/seasonofdocs" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/seasonofdocs</a><br>
</blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div>