A how-to guide is procedural documentation that leads readers through a specific task with ordered instructions, practical setup actions, and a concise summary. section 5.2.3
Unlike reference documentation, which describes capabilities such as API endpoints, parameters, and responses, a how-to guide walks through completing a particular task. section 5.2.3
A practical setup walkthrough may instruct readers to:
- Install a web server, database system, programming-language runtime, and version-control system. section 5.2.3
- Clone the project, configure a local domain and environment variables, run setup scripts, and test the result. section 5.2.3
