grunt-appular-docs
Generate documentation for Appular projects with source comments
Getting Started
This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1
If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:
npm install grunt-appular-docs --save-dev
Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-appular-docs');
The "docs" task
Overview
In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named docs
to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig()
.
grunt.initConfig({
docs: {
build: {
options: {
},
files: {
}
}
}
})
Options
options.pretty
Type: Boolean
Default value: false
If true
generated JSON will be pretty.
Usage Examples
Default Options
grunt.initConfig({
docs: {
build: {
options: {},
files: {
'dest/default_options': ['src/path/to/appular/folder/**/*.js'],
}
}
}
})
Custom Options
grunt.initConfig({
docs: {
build: {
options: {
pretty: true
},
files: {
'dest/default_options': ['src/path/to/appular/folder/**/*.js'],
}
}
}
})
Docs
Documentation for this task to extract can be added by using inline commenting using the tags documented below.
Document Blocks
@appular
The @appular block needs to appear at the top of any module that you want to document. Avaliable tags to use in this block include:
Example - Defining and appular module named user bar
@function
The @function tag can appear anywhere inside a module.
Example - Defining a function named render
@event
The @event tag can appear anywhere inside a module.
Example - Defining a event named rendered
Formatting requirements
- name
- version
- optional
- needs to be in the format of
v1.2.3
or v1.0
- description
- optional
- needs to be preseeded by
-
for parser to recognize it.
Contributing
In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.
Release History