Show HN: Code documentation on GitHub with Javadoc to Markdown converter

https://delight-im.github.io/Javadoc-to-Markdown/

by marco1 • 12 years ago

2 2 12 years ago

delight-im.github.io

edwinvdgraaf• 12 years ago

Actually the javascript source of itself can be tested: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/delight-im/Javadoc-to-Mark...

Works well, but how is this different from JSDOC[1]?

[1] http://usejsdoc.org/

marco1• 12 years ago

JSDoc is just an equivalent [1] to Javadoc [2] (and PHPDoc is another one). Those formats just describe what you can do with your comments in code that look like this:

/ * * some documentation * /

The Javadoc tool converts those comments to a collection of clunky HTML sites with documentation [3] that we all know.

What the project linked here does is similar: Just like the Javadoc tool, it converts your comments from code into a well-readable documentation -- but not with clunky HTML but in concise Markdown.

To see an example, just put this sample Java code [4] into the box and convert.

[1] http://usejsdoc.org/about-getting-started.html#generating-a-... [2] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/... [3] http://google.github.io/guice/api-docs/latest/javadoc/index.... [4] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/delight-im/Javadoc-to-Mark...

Show HN: Code documentation on GitHub with Javadoc to Markdown converter

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