Tools for Technical Writers

This repository contains lists of suggested tools for technical writers. You can find it at https://alexand.us/tw-tools.

You are welcome to make a pull request and add tools that you've found helpful!

What's included

• Multimedia - list of tools for creating images, GIFs, and videos
  • Planning your content - templates for planning your video content
  • Video production process - common steps in production and best practices
• Text editors - recommended text editors for Markdown and other writing
• Portfolios - recommended tools to create your portfolio

Other resources

• Learning - articles and books to learn more about technical writing
• Style - examples of content strategy and style guides
  • Fewer words - rules for writing with fewer words
• Accessibility - resources for considering accessible writing and design
  • Style guide - specific style guide for a11y needs
• Templates - example buckets of information to fill in for each type of document

About the author

Alexandra White is a technical writer for Google. Previously, she worked as a documentation editor for Joyent, web developer for WNET, and digital marketer for JCC Association. She has a degree in professional writing from Michigan State University.

You can find more of her work on heyawhite.com or follow her on Twitter @heyawhite.

Special thanks to @scottydocs, who heavily influenced the README template, and @nayafia and @embeddedartistry, who influenced the CONTRIBUTION template.

License

This project uses the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license.