Drafting a software review to add to the Engineering Education blog? See a suggested structure below you can use and read our highlighted tutorial to discover the standard we're looking for.
Tip: Make sure to provide enough detail and reference other in-depth articles where appropriate. You should provide a broad overview of several aspects of the technology.
Software Comparison: A related article to a software review is a software comparison where you compare several similar technologies. An example of this is comparing several Node.js frameworks. Make sure to back up your points, especially if it's contentious. It isn't enough to say React is the best front-end JavaScript framework, for example without a reason behind it. Use statistics and reference other articles.
Here's an excellent software review written by one of our Eng-Ed Contributors so you can see the level of detail you should aspire to.
Provide the audience a run down on what the article will be covering.
Your tech introduction should be a self-contained topic and must be an accurate interpretation of what is presented.
A short introduction/description of the technology that is being reviewed. The introduction should contain all needed technical detail for the audience to replicate themselves and it should give the reader a clear understanding of how the technology works.
Explain how you have used this technology or how this technology may be used in the future.
Outline the advantages and disadvantages of this new technology from your own experience/point of view and support it using relevant examples and sources.
Include any next or final steps summarizing the technology introduction - that serves as a good launchpad for the audience. You could link to a tutorial, for example that uses the technology.