YUIDoc

Notes

• Install globally with npm -g yuidocjs
• Run with yuidoc .
• Save options with yuidoc.json including project description, etc.
• Every source tree must have one module, every module must have at least one class

/**
* Overall description
* 
* [@type-of-thing] [thingName]
* [@part-of-thing] {[part-type]} [part-name] Description of part
**/

Blocks

• Primary blocks- every comment block is one of these:
  • module - [name] - group of related classes
  • main - [name] - after module to indicate it is the primary module
  • class [name] - should be be above all things it owns, followed by constructor or static
  • method [name] - goes right above method, followed by params and return
  • event [name] - has params that hang off the event
  • property [type] - after each property in a class
• Secondary blocks- these are used in a primary block:
  • param {[type]} [[optionalName]]|[name] [description] - Can nest with dot.syntax.
  • return {[type]} [description] - return value
  • async - Method is asynchronous and requires a callback
  • chainable - returns this, so can be chained
  • example [code-example] - Syntax-highlighted usage example

OOP

• constructor | static - Can instantiate or not
• namespace [name] - Allows you to use simple class names without modules
• extends | uses [class-name] - Links back to parent documentation. Multiple uses.
• final | readOnly | writeOnce - Whether it should be modified
• throws {[type]} [description] - indicates the kind of error a method throws
• private | protected - private won’t have documentation generated

Properties

• type [type] - Indicate type for a property
• default - After a type to indicate a property’s default.

Availability

• deprecated [Instructions] - Will be removed
• since [version] - Indicates that it was added in this version
• beta - might break compatibility in the future

Examples

Class

/**
* This is the description for my class.
*
* @class MyClass
* @constructor
*/

Method

/**
* My method description.  Like other pieces of your comment blocks, 
* this can span multiple lines.
*
* @method methodName
* @param {String} foo Argument 1
* @param {Object} config A config object
* @param {String} config.name The name on the config object
* @param {Function} config.callback A callback function on the config object
* @param {Boolean} [extra=false] Do extra, optional work
* @return {Boolean} Returns true on success
*/

Property

/**
* My property description.  Like other pieces of your comment blocks, 
* this can span multiple lines.
* 
* @property propertyName
* @type {Object}
* @default "foo"
*/