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Creating Effective JavaHelp (Java Series)

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After having worked on a JavaHelp (JH) project over a year ago when JH was still very young (1.0 was just about to be released), and having to wade through the JH User's Guide and JH Specification then for information, I found this book very good for bringing myself back up-to-speed for resuming the project after a year layoff. I wished I would've had it when I initially began the project a year ago.

This book is very easy to read, contains excellent examples, and has the the proper level of information to get help writers started on the right foot with JH so they are productive quickly. It is written for the help writer but includes just enough detail for helping developers that the help writer may have to work with in order to implement a JH system. Overall, a very good book that I am recommending to other writers assigned JH projects.

Although JavaHelp has moved on to v2, this book about v1 is still very helpful. It shows you what the basic components are and explains how to use them. Documentation on the Sun site often looks like reference information rather than being instructional.

I got this book to review how to set up a Java Help system. I ended up learning why nobody uses Java Help.

Help is an important subject that should not be forgotten by programmers.

This small book ( < 200p !) puts all the tools in hand so that you can keep help files up to date with the development of your software.

Worth reading it !