# Part 1: Learn The Different Types Of Technical Documentation

DevFeed: [Part 1: Learn The Different Types Of Technical Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/part-1-learn-the-different-types-of-technical-documentation-30771.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://engineering.squarespace.com/blog/2023/part-1-learn-the-different-types-of-technical-documentation>)

Author: Anila Zaidi

Published: 2023-11-14T19:48:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Squarespace](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/squarespace.md>), [Squarespace Engineering Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/squarespace-engineering-blog.md>)

Topics: [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>)

Tags: [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [technical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical.md>), [technical-writing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical-writing.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains the different types of technical documentation and how reader behavior, patience, experience, and goals distinguish them. It also provides examples of each content type.

## Source excerpt

In the same way the term "books" includes fiction, nonfiction, and biographies as genres, the term "technical documentation" includes many different content types. But what sets technical documentation apart from books are reader traits. These traits are a result of what the reader does as they read technical documentation - they use the app.