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: New
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    Board Infinity

    Skills you'll gain: Deepseek, LLM Application, Software Documentation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Preview

    The University of Edinburgh

    Skills you'll gain: Software Engineering, Programming Principles, Software Development, Computer Programming, Software Documentation, Software Testing, Computational Thinking, Game Design, Animations

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    27 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial

    Universidad de los Andes

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Scrum (Software Development), Unity Engine, Value Propositions, Animations, Functional Specification, Sprint Retrospectives, Business Modeling, Agile Methodology, 3D Assets, Agile Software Development, Animation and Game Design, Software Design Documents, Software Development Methodologies, Software Documentation, User Interface (UI), Virtual Environment, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Virtual Reality

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    390 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    DeepLearning.AI

    Skills you'll gain: Software Documentation, LLM Application, Test Automation, Collaborative Software, Software Testing, Technical Documentation, Large Language Modeling, Dependency Analysis, Software Development Tools, Debugging, Code Review, Maintainability, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    146 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial

    IBM

    Skills you'll gain: COBOL (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Technical Support, Software Development Life Cycle, Program Development, Scrum (Software Development), Software Development, Software Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance, Code Review, Debugging, Software Documentation, Technical Documentation, Computer Programming

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
    60 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Skills you'll gain: Rmarkdown, Ggplot2, Data Visualization, Tidyverse (R Package), Statistical Visualization, R Programming, Data Visualization Software, Statistical Programming, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis, Data Wrangling, Data Transformation, Software Installation, Programming Principles, Software Documentation

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
    48 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial

    Johns Hopkins University

    Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), R Programming, Debugging, Functional Design, Integrated Development Environments, Programming Principles, Data Manipulation, Data Structures, Software Documentation, Software Design Patterns, Performance Tuning

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
    574 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Coursera Project Network

    Skills you'll gain: Software Documentation, Application Programming Interface (API), Test Tools, Technical Documentation, Restful API, JSON, Web Services, YAML, Software Design

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
    32 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of Leeds

    Skills you'll gain: Version Control, GitHub, Git (Version Control System), Issue Tracking, Software Development Tools, Collaborative Software, Software Documentation, Open Source Technology

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial

    Universidad de los Andes

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Animations, Video Game Development, Unity Engine, 3D Assets, Agile Methodology, Software Documentation, Virtual Environment, Prototyping, Technical Documentation, Computer Graphics, Scripting

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
    32 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial

    Coursera Instructor Network

    Skills you'll gain: Front-End Web Development, Responsible AI, Generative AI, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Code Review, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Prompt Engineering, Software Documentation, Test Automation, HTML and CSS

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    31 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial

    Johns Hopkins University

    Skills you'll gain: Open Source Technology, Package and Software Management, GitHub, Version Control, Rmarkdown, Software Documentation, Maintainability, Testability, R Programming, Knitr, Continuous Integration, Git (Version Control System), Technical Documentation

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
    223 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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