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Writing READMEs

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Documentation is an important part of the development process. Learn to write READMEs using Markdown so your code can be used by other humans!

Documentation is an important part of the development process. Learn to write READMEs using Markdown so your code can be used by other humans!

Last Updated March 7, 2022

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Course Lessons

Lesson 1

Writing READMEs

Learn the importance of well documented code and see how to craft meaningful READMEs.

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Walter Latimer

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