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Documentation: 📚 Documentation & Tutorial Creator #9

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@arn-c0de

Overview

I'm looking for someone to help create setup guides, usage tutorials, and documentation for InteractiveChecklists. This includes written guides, screenshots, and potentially video/audio content.

Note:
You’re free to work on any part of the app Documentation, not just the listed priorities.

What I'm Looking For

A contributor who can help with:

  • Setup guides — Step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the app
  • Feature tutorials — How to use PDF viewer, Markdown checklists, QuickNotes, tagging, etc.
  • DCS integration docs — DataPad Server setup, Python Server/ App configuration, Aviation Map adn feature usage
  • Screenshots — Clear, annotated images showing app features and workflows
  • Video tutorials (optional) — Short walkthroughs for complex features
  • Voiceover/narration (optional) — Audio explanations for video content

Skills That Would Help

  • Clear, beginner-friendly writing style
  • Experience with technical documentation
  • Screenshot/image editing
  • Video editing (nice to have)
  • Familiarity with DCS World or flight simulation (helpful but not required)

What's In It For You

  • Credit in COLLABORATORS.md, in-app contribution list and project documentation
  • Experience contributing to a non-commercial Android/Kotlin project
  • Help shape how users experience the app

How to Get Started

  1. Comment on this issue if you're interested
  2. Let me know which areas you'd like to focus on (written docs, images, video, etc.)
  3. I'll provide access to the latest builds and answer any questions about features
  4. Feel free to explore the app and identify documentation needs on your own – just submit your work for review

Note: During ongoing development, features and workflows may change over time.
Please check the changelog for recent updates and adjust the documentation accordingly if behavior or functionality has changed.

Documentation standard:
From now on, every documentation .md file must include the app version valid at the time of writing or last update (top or bottom of the file).
The version/date should only be updated when the file content has been actively changed.

Standard metadata block (to include in each .md file):

---
App Version: vX.Y.Z
Last Updated: YYYY-MM-DD
---

Current Documentation Gaps

User Guides

# Task Location hint Active Status Contributor
1 Initial setup guide for new users docs/user/setup.md or README Open
2 DCS integration guide docs/user/dcs-integration.md Open
└ Export.lua setup docs/user/dcs-integration.md Open
└ DCS Saved Games folder structure docs/user/dcs-integration.md Open
3 DataPad + Python server configuration walkthrough (README_INSTALLER.md , README_LAUNCHER.md) docs/user/server-setup.md Open
4 Aviation Map & route planning tutorial docs/user/map-and-routing.md Open
5 QuickNotes usage guide docs/user/quicknotes.md Open
6 PDF viewer overview docs/user/viewers.md Open
7 MD viewer overview docs/user/viewers.md Open

Video Guides

# Task Location hint Active Status Contributor
1 App overview / feature tour videos/ or YouTube Open
2 Checklists: Creating and using checklists videos/ Open
3 Install Export.lua and setup DataPad server videos/ Open
4 DCS integration walkthrough videos/ Open
5 Settings menus overview videos/ Open

Developer Guides

# Task Location hint Active Status Contributor
1 Android app – install, build, run, modify, uninstall docs/dev/android.md Open
2 Python server – install, configure, start/stop, modify, uninstall docs/dev/server.md Open
3 Python database tools for marker management – install, use, modify, uninstall docs/dev/tools.md Open
4 Project structure and architecture overview (all components) docs/dev/architecture.md Open
5 Developer - Contributing guidelines CONTRIBUTING.md Open
6 Developer - Contributing guidelines for third-party licenses docs/dev/licenses.md or CONTRIBUTING.md Open

Contributor Guides

# Task Location hint Active Status Contributor
1 Contributing guide for documentation docs/CONTRIBUTING-docs.md Open
└ 🌍 Add More Languages & Expand Translation Coverage #11 Open
2 Contributing guide for adding new Markers docs/CONTRIBUTING-markers.md Open
└ 🗺️ Add map markers for a new DCS map #20 Open

Documentation Maintenance

# Task Location hint Active Status Contributor
1 Restructure README and move installation instructions into dedicated markdown files README.md → docs/install/ Open
2 Review existing documentation for accuracy All docs/ Open
3 Update outdated content or remove deprecated information All docs/ Open
4 Ensure consistency across all documentation All docs/ Open

Note: This list is not exhaustive. Contributors are encouraged to identify additional documentation needs and work on topics independently.

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