Software documentation tip: make it a video

As a software developer, you've been in the situation probably many times: you need to document a certain procedure working with an application, be it either developing your code in Visual Studio or using the resulting application as an end-user.

Oftentimes, documentation is probably the last thing you have the time for, so a quick video will probably serve well – until you find that time for a more formal documentation.

Personally, I've been using TechSmith's Camtasia to record screencasts, but I've also notices that the Expression Encoder product that is part of MSDN subscriptions seems to also record screen videos (screencasts). Finally, Windows 7's Problem Steps Recorder (PSR.exe) can also server as a makeshift recorder, but the problem is that it takes still shots from the screen, and not real video.