Name: Mark up my words: markup languages are both a blessing and a curse
Start: 2024-06-20T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-20T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Gelrestraat 16

As technical writers, we have a love-hate relationship with markup languages: from AsciiDoc to Markdown to reStructuredText, we’ve tried them all. We may not be particularly fond of them, yet we keep using them for technical documentation projects of all sizes.
What are their strengths and weaknesses?

Join us in a panel discussion on the technical writer’s equivalent of the [tabs vs. spaces](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsoOG6ZeyUI) war: do you love markup languages? Why? Do you hate them? Why? How do you use Markdown, AsciiDoc, or reStructuredText to produce and maintain technical documentation? Is there something better?

Tell us about your experience, best practices, lessons learned, tips & tricks, and workarounds in a collaborative knowledge sharing meetup.

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DATE & TIME

Thursday, June 20 2024, 18:00-20:30

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WHERE

JetBrains
[Gelrestraat 16, 1079 MZ Amsterdam](https://maps.app.goo.gl/TSzEA5RiLmCD6bsg9)

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SCHEDULE

* 18:00 Doors open!
* 18:00-18:30 Snacks, drinks, networking
* 18:30-19:30: panel discussion on the pros and cons of different markup languages to author and maintain technical documentation. You’re welcome to ask questions and join the conversation!
* 19:30-21:00 Exchange practices, free flow conversation.

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NOTES

This meetup is part of the [Write the Docs community](https://www.writethedocs.org/).

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HOST

[JetBrains](https://www.jetbrains.com/company/contacts/amsterdam/)

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