@fubhy/docgen v0.2.1
An opinionated documentation generator for Effect projects.
Credits
This library was inspired by the following projects:
Setup
- Install
@effect/docgen
as a dev dependency:
pnpm add @effect/docgen -D
- (Optional) Add a
docgen.json
configuration file.
{
"$schema": "node_modules/@effect/docgen/schema.json"
}
- Add the following script to your
package.json
file:
{
"scripts": {
"docs": "docgen"
}
}
Warning To use "@effect/docgen", Node.js v18 or above is required.
Example Configuration
The docgen.json
configuration file allows you to customize docgen
's behavior. Here's an example configuration:
{
"exclude": ["src/internal/**/*.ts"],
"theme": "mikearnaldi/just-the-docs",
"parseCompilerOptions": {
"strict": true,
"noEmit": true,
"target": "ES2021",
"lib": ["ES2021"],
"paths": {
"@effect/<project-name>": ["./src/index.ts"],
"@effect/<project-name>/test/*": ["./test/*"],
"@effect/<project-name>/examples/*": ["./examples/*"],
"@effect/<project-name>/*": ["./src/*"]
}
},
"examplesCompilerOptions": {
"strict": true,
"noEmit": true,
"target": "ES2021",
"lib": ["ES2021"],
"paths": {
"@effect/<project-name>": ["../../src/index.ts"],
"@effect/<project-name>/test/*": ["../../test/*"],
"@effect/<project-name>/examples/*": ["../../examples/*"],
"@effect/<project-name>/*": ["../../src/*"]
}
}
}
Supported JSDoc Tags
Tag | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
@category | Groups associated module exports together in the generated documentation. | 'utils' |
@example | Allows usage examples to be provided for your source code. All examples are type checked using ts-node . Examples are also run using ts-node and the NodeJS assert module can be used for on-the-fly testing. | |
@since | Allows for documenting most recent library version in which a given piece of source code was updated. | |
@deprecated | Marks source code as deprecated, which will | false |
@internal | Prevents docgen from generating documentation for the annotated block of code. Additionally, if the stripInternal flag is set to true in tsconfig.json , TypeScript will not emit declarations for the annotated code. | |
@ignore | Prevents docgen from generating documentation for the annotated block of code. |
By default, docgen
will search for files in the src
directory and will output generated files into a docs
directory. For information on how to configure docgen
, see the Configuration section below.
Configuration
docgen
is meant to be a zero-configuration command-line tool by default. However, there are several configuration settings that can be specified for docgen
. To customize the configuration of docgen
, create a docgen.json
file in the root directory of your project and indicate the custom configuration parameters that the tool should use when generating documentation.
The docgen.json
configuration file adheres to the following interface:
interface Config {
readonly projectHomepage?: string;
readonly srcDir?: string;
readonly outDir?: string;
readonly theme?: string;
readonly enableSearch?: boolean;
readonly enforceDescriptions?: boolean;
readonly enforceExamples?: boolean;
readonly enforceVersion?: boolean;
readonly exclude?: ReadonlyArray<string>;
readonly parseCompilerOptions?: string | Record<string, unknown>;
readonly examplesCompilerOptions?: string | Record<string, unknown>;
}
The following table describes each configuration parameter, its purpose, and its default value.
Parameter | Description | Default Value |
---|---|---|
projectHomepage | Will link to the project homepage from the Auxiliary Links of the generated documentation. | homepage in package.json |
srcDir | The directory in which docgen will search for TypeScript files to parse. | 'src' |
outDir | The directory to which docgen will generate its output markdown documents. | 'docs' |
theme | The theme that docgen will specify should be used for GitHub Docs in the generated _config.yml file. | 'mikearnaldi/just-the-docs' |
enableSearch | Whether or search should be enabled for GitHub Docs in the generated _config.yml file. | true |
enforceDescriptions | Whether or not descriptions for each module export should be required. | false |
enforceExamples | Whether or not @example tags for each module export should be required. (Note: examples will not be enforced in module documentation) | false |
enforceVersion | Whether or not @since tags for each module export should be required. | true |
exclude | An array of glob strings specifying files that should be excluded from the documentation. | [] |
parseCompilerOptions | tsconfig for parsing options (or path to a tsconfig) | {} |
examplesCompilerOptions | tsconfig for the examples options (or path to a tsconfig) | {} |
FAQ
Q: For functions that have overloaded definitions, is it possible to document each overload separately?
A: No, docgen
will use the documentation provided for the first overload of a function in its generated output.
License
The MIT License (MIT)
1 year ago