A modern and extremely simple way to organize your software processes, a new online software solution for organizing software specifications. In 2020 software programming has become an extremly complicated thing to organize. Let’s start with the basics: The markdown system in Docstell is very convenient to use. When a text block is added to a node you can begin typing your markdown right away. When leaving the edit area the text is automatically formatted. The idea with markdown is that it will save you a lot of time when formatting your texts. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, which is then converted to valid HTML. Instead of getting frustrated about how a lot of common word processors format your text in every way but the one you want, markdown is very predictable and easy to learn.
Docstell is also adding methods to upload documents to a node. You can upload any type of file and share with you team or keep it in a private node. Just drag it from you computer and drop it on the node you want to attach it to. They added a preview area that makes it possible to preview files adjacent to your other information. You can view for example pdf, docx, xlsx, csv, txt, png, jpeg and mpeg4 files. If you for example receive a specification in a pdf file format you keep this file here together with the rest of the documentation and will easily be able to preview it and let all your team have access to it.
Dynamic infinite documentation: Organise your information in a tree view. Very easy to restructure to always reflect your priorities. Invite users and start collaborate: Invite your team to your shared workspace. Users can have read only or read and write access. Templates: Create your own templates and use them easily throughout your documentation. Or use builtin standard templates. See more details at Organize your software processes.
Slack integration was recently added to Docstell. This lets you get alerted in your favorite Slack channel when a person in your team is adding comments to your docs. From the message in Slack you get a link back to the node with the comment in Docstell, this makes it convenient to answer the question in the right context and to build up the knowledge base where it should be. If you don’t use Slack or want to be notified by email we added functionality to mention a user in the comment. Use the @ sign to get a list of users that belongs to the workspace. If this user is not online an email is sent that tells the user that there is a message waiting to be answered. You can configure if emails should be sent in the new user settings dialog.
How to avoid software documentation hell? The key to this is that it must be possible to hide information that is in the way to get the big picture but still be there to be found when it’s the details that you need. A good search function is vital of course, but it must not hinder you from seeing the information that might be adjacent to your search terms and crucial for your understanding. When everybody is on the same page you will notice that you can start to have fewer meetings and still be able to take better decisions.
Do you find yourself chasing the right information in a plethora of different products and services? Write documentation and stay productive using built in diagram editor, markdown and simple spreadsheets in one tool. Find more info at docstell.com.