A new and very simple way to organize your software processes, a new online software solution for organizing software specifications. This days software programming has become an extremly complicated thing to organize. Let’s start with the basics: The markdown method in Docstell is very convenient to use. When a text block is added to a node you can start 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 functionality to upload documents to a node. You can upload any kind 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 zone 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.
Builtin diagram editor lets you keep vital information up to date in a snap. Slack integration: Connect the workspace in Docstell with a channel in Slack to receive notifications when someone is commenting. Markdown: Builtin markdown editor lets you format your texts efficiently. Docstell uses Github-flavored Markdown (GFM) with our own modifications to how the headers are being presented in the Docstell workspace. Discover additional details at Document organizer with diagram editor.
Slack integration was recently added to Docstell. This lets you get alerted in your designed Slack channel when a person in your team is commenting 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.
Docstell lets you focus on the right thing, hiding for the moment irrelative information. Real time documentation, always up to date with the latest information accessible to your whole team. See extra details on docstell.com.
