node/tools/doc
Rich Trott 06e8120928 tools: remove unneeded escaping in generate.js
`-` does not need to be escaped in a regular expression outside of
character classes.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9781
Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Prince John Wesley <princejohnwesley@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
2016-12-20 14:37:37 -05:00
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node_modules tools: update marked dependency 2016-07-14 12:45:19 -07:00
addon-verify.js test: enable addons test to pass with debug build 2016-12-20 14:18:42 -05:00
common.js tools: allow multiple added: version entries 2016-07-14 12:45:19 -07:00
generate.js tools: remove unneeded escaping in generate.js 2016-12-20 14:37:37 -05:00
html.js tools: use better regexp for manpage references 2016-12-20 13:57:38 -05:00
json.js benchmark,lib,test,tools: remove unneeded . escape 2016-12-13 16:25:30 -05:00
LICENSE Mention marked, and add license to doc generator 2012-03-05 10:59:14 -08:00
package.json tools: update marked dependency 2016-07-14 12:45:19 -07:00
preprocess.js tools: make sure doctool anchors respect includes 2016-07-14 12:45:21 -07:00
README.md doc: use blockquotes for Stability: markers 2016-10-26 14:09:04 -04:00
type-parser.js lib,test,tools: alignment on variable assignments 2016-06-23 16:59:37 -07:00

Here's how the node docs work.

1:1 relationship from lib/<module>.js to doc/api/<module>.md

Each type of heading has a description block.

## module
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added: v0.10.0
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> Stability: 3 - Stable

description and examples.

### module.property
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* Type

description of the property.

### module.someFunction(x, y, [z=100])
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* `x` {String} the description of the string
* `y` {Boolean} Should I stay or should I go?
* `z` {Number} How many zebras to bring.

A description of the function.

### module.someNewFunction(x)
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added: REPLACEME
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* `x` {String} the description of the string

This feature is not in a release yet.

### Event: 'blerg'
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* Argument: SomeClass object.

Modules don't usually raise events on themselves.  `cluster` is the
only exception.

## Class: SomeClass
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description of the class.

### Class Method: SomeClass.classMethod(anArg)
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* `anArg` {Object}  Just an argument
  * `field` {String} anArg can have this field.
  * `field2` {Boolean}  Another field.  Default: `false`.
* Return: {Boolean} `true` if it worked.

Description of the method for humans.

### someClass.nextSibling()
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* Return: {SomeClass object | null}  The next someClass in line.

### someClass.someProperty
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* String

The indication of what someProperty is.

### Event: 'grelb'
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added: v0.10.0
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* `isBlerg` {Boolean}

This event is emitted on instances of SomeClass, not on the module itself.
  • Modules have (description, Properties, Functions, Classes, Examples)
  • Properties have (type, description)
  • Functions have (list of arguments, description)
  • Classes have (description, Properties, Methods, Events)
  • Events have (list of arguments, description)
  • Methods have (list of arguments, description)
  • Properties have (type, description)