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# @effect/docgen
An opinionated documentation generator for Effect projects.
## Installation
```sh
npm install -D @effect/docgen
```
## Links
- [Website](https://effect.website): documentation, guides, and news.
- [Reference](https://effect.website/docs/v4/api/docgen): API documentation for this package.
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/effect-ts): ask questions, share what you're building, and talk to the core team.
- [Community](https://effect.website/community-hub): meetups and events, or bring Effect to your own.
- [Issues](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/issues): bug reports and feature requests.
## Let's talk
Whether your team is considering Effect, rolling it out, or already running it in production, we'd love to hear from you: what you're building, what works, and what you need from Effect next.
- **Talk to the maintainers.** Introduce your team on [Discord](https://discord.gg/effect-ts) or email [contact@effectful.co](mailto:contact@effectful.co). We're happy to connect privately on Slack or Discord for feedback and help with adoption.
- **Production support.** We're exploring how to better support teams running Effect in production. If your organization has specific support needs, let's discuss them.
- **Adoption help.** Our [adoption partners](https://effect.website/adoption-partners) offer implementation, consulting, team extension, training, and commercial support.
## Credits
This library was inspired by the following projects:
- [docs-ts](https://github.com/gcanti/docs-ts)
## Setup
1. (Optional) Add a `docgen.json` configuration file.
```json
{
"$schema": "node_modules/@effect/docgen/schema.json"
}
```
2. Add the following script to your `package.json` file:
```json
{
"scripts": {
"docgen": "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:
```json
{
"exclude": ["src/internal/**/*.ts"],
"parseCompilerOptions": {
"noEmit": true,
"strict": true,
"skipLibCheck": true,
"moduleResolution": "Bundler",
"target": "ES2022",
"lib": ["ES2022", "DOM"],
"paths": {
"@effect/<project-name>": ["./src/index.js"],
"@effect/<project-name>/test/*": ["./test/*.js"],
"@effect/<project-name>/examples/*": ["./examples/*.js"],
"@effect/<project-name>/*": ["./src/*.js"]
}
},
"examplesCompilerOptions": {
"noEmit": true,
"strict": true,
"skipLibCheck": true,
"moduleResolution": "Bundler",
"target": "ES2022",
"lib": ["ES2022", "DOM"],
"paths": {
"@effect/<project-name>": ["../../src/index.js"],
"@effect/<project-name>/test/*": ["../../test/*.js"],
"@effect/<project-name>/examples/*": ["../../examples/*.js"],
"@effect/<project-name>/*": ["../../src/*.js"]
}
}
}
```
## 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 `tsc`. Examples are also run using `tsx` and the NodeJS [assert](https://nodejs.org/api/assert.html) 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 ~~strikethrough~~ the name of the annotated module or function in the generated documentation. | `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](#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:
```ts
interface Config {
readonly projectHomepage?: string
readonly srcLink?: string
readonly srcDir?: string
readonly outDir?: string
readonly theme?: string
readonly enableSearch?: boolean
readonly enforceDescriptions?: boolean
readonly enforceExamples?: boolean
readonly enforceVersion?: boolean
readonly tscExecutable?: string
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](https://pmarsceill.github.io/just-the-docs/docs/navigation-structure/#auxiliary-links) of the generated documentation. | `homepage` in `package.json` |
| srcLink | Will link to the project source code. | `{projectHomepage}/blob/main/src/` |
| 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 not 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` |
| tscExecutable | The path to the TypeScript compiler executable that docgen should use when invoking the compiler programmatically. | `'tsc'` |
| 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)