node/tools/doc
Vse Mozhet Byt 6edf952628
doc: fix nits in tools/doc/README.md
* Sync format schemes with the current doc state.
* Lowercase primitive types.
* Fix typos and unify the style.
* Remove tautological info.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18874
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
2018-02-21 18:12:40 -05:00
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node_modules tools: move eslint from tools to tools/node_modules 2018-01-24 07:47:28 -06:00
addon-verify.js tools: fix tools/addon-verify.js 2017-08-10 07:24:30 +02:00
common.js
generate.js tools: make doc tool a bit more readable 2017-12-11 17:25:46 -05:00
html.js tools: fix man pages linking regex 2018-01-09 04:32:31 -05:00
json.js tools: replace string concatenation with template literals 2017-11-06 17:49:31 -05:00
LICENSE
package-lock.json tools: fix gitignore for tools/doc/ 2017-12-12 03:27:28 -05:00
package.json tools: fix gitignore for tools/doc/ 2017-12-12 03:27:28 -05:00
preprocess.js tools: remove useless function declaration 2017-12-11 17:25:46 -05:00
README.md doc: fix nits in tools/doc/README.md 2018-02-21 18:12:40 -05:00
type-parser.js doc: linkify missing types 2018-02-21 10:18:50 -05:00

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

<!--introduced_in=v0.10.0-->

> Stability: 2 - Stable

A description and examples.

## module.property
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->

* {type}

A description of the property.

## module.someFunction(x, y, [z=100])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->

* `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)
<!-- YAML
added: REPLACEME
-->

* `x` {string} The description of the string.

This feature is not in a release yet.

## Event: 'blerg'
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->

* `anArg` {type} A description of the listener argument.

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

## Class: SomeClass
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->

A description of the class.

### SomeClass.classMethod(anArg)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->

* `anArg` {Object} Just an argument.
  * `field` {string} `anArg` can have this field.
  * `field2` {boolean} Another field. Default: `false`.
* Returns: {boolean} `true` if it worked.

A description of the method for humans.

### SomeClass.nextSibling()
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->

* Returns: {SomeClass | null} The next `SomeClass` in line.

### SomeClass.someProperty
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->

* {string}

The indication of what `someProperty` is.

### Event: 'grelb'
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->

* `isBlerg` {boolean}

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