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C · System · advanced · Week 3 · Chapter 7 of 8

Style guides & maintenance

Docs rot. Assign owners, review dates, and “last verified” stamps. A thin style guide beats chaos.

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Owner + verified

Owner + verifiedDrag stickies · tap for tips
Study mapDrag stickies · tap for tipsKeep it shortdrag · tap →Name the waitdrag · tap →Scope locatorsdrag · tap →Trace when stuckdrag · tap →One browser firstdrag · tap →Isolate statedrag · tap →Assert the UIdrag · tap →Retry wiselydrag · tap →Seed datadrag · tap →Close the loopdrag · tap →Keep it shortdrag · tap →Name the waitdrag · tap →Scope locatorsdrag · tap →Trace when stuckdrag · tap →One browser firstdrag · tap →Isolate statedrag · tap →Pathwise hackdrag · tap →Owner + verifieddrag · tap →Try thisdrag · tap →Follow the dashed drag · tap →

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Add owner and last-verified date to your doc. Calendar a re-verify.

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Chapter learning outcomes
  • Ownership
  • Style lite
  • Deprecation

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