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Such as during a developers onboarding, when writing code, when writing tests, and during code review.  \nLiterature Programming  \n• It is a methodology that combines a programming language with a documentation language, thereby making programs more robust, more portable, more easily maintained, and arguably more fun to write than programs that are written only in a high-level language.  \n• The main idea is to treat a program as apiece of literature, addressed to human beings rather than to a computer.  \n• The program is also viewed as a hypertext document, rather like the World Wide Web.  \nSoftware documentation  \n• Software documentation is a part of any software. Appropriate details and description need to be in the documented to achieve the following goals:  \n• Resolve issue encountered by the developer during the development process  \n• Help end-user to understand the product  \n• Assist customers and the support team to find the information.  \nJavadoc  \n• JavaDoc tool is a document generator tool in Java programming language for generating standard documentation in HTML format.  \n• It generates API documentation.  \n• Before using JavaDoc tool, you must include JavaDoc comments /**………………..*/ providing information about classes, methods, and constructors, etc.  \n• For creating a good and understandable document API for any java file you must write better comments for every class, method, constructor.","cbCainDaYiAfIhSH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainDaYiAfIhSH","pdf",2741980,126,"English","# Programming style guides and coding standards\n## Why style guides matter\n## Widely accepted style guides\n## How to keep a style guide relevant\n## Literature programming\n## Software documentation and its goals\n## JavaDoc and required comments","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of a programming style guide for a team or project?\",\"answer\":\"A programming style guide defines conventions, style, and best practices so the team writes code consistently. 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