FREE EMAIL COURSE · FIVE LESSONS
Help developers reach their first useful result
Help a new developer get from discovery to a useful result. Five practical emails over ten days cover your README, setup path, expected output and recovery instructions, with directory examples and free tools.
Your five lessons
- 1
Define the useful result
Choose an outcome they can see and verify.
- 2
Give the README a clear job
Explain fit, prerequisites and the first example.
- 3
Make the setup route complete
Surface the prerequisites your team takes for granted.
- 4
Explain failure and recovery
Use real questions to improve recovery instructions.
- 5
Observe the journey
Review the outcome, uncertainty and next action.
Every lesson is available online. Email delivery helps you work through the course at a steady pace.
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