Eric Holscher

3 videos · 3 events · 2015–2022 · 1h 37m of video

Talks

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Documenting Django Code in 2022

DjangoCon US 2022 · November 23, 2022

Eric Holscher presents a practical way to think about documenting Django and Python software in 2022. He explains the Diátaxis framework, which organizes documentation around user needs into tutorials, how-to guides, explanations, and reference material, then covers tools and services for authoring, designing, improving, and…

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Lightning Talks Day 3

DjangoCon US 2017 · September 7, 2017

Kelsey Hawley described Girls Who Code’s after-school clubs and seven-week summer program, where students learned Scratch, Python, Arduino, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript while building collaborative final projects and developing confidence. Eric Holscher explained that the Python Software Foundation is a community-run nonprofit that organizes PyCon,…

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Introduction to Sphinx & Read the Docs

DjangoCon US 2015 · September 24, 2015

Eric Holscher argues that documentation preserves the reasoning behind code, helps others use it, improves software design, and strengthens developers’ written communication. He explains how reStructuredText provides semantic, extensible markup; how Sphinx turns it into structured, cross-referenced software documentation with features such as autodoc, syntax…

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