Build documentation using a markup renderer like m42kup.

Installation

npm install documentation-generator

Example configuration using m42kup

npm install [email protected]

Example directory structure

root/
├ build/
├ src/
│ ├ file1.m42kup
│ └ dir1/
│   ├ file2.m42kup
│   └ file3.m42kup
├ documentation-generator.config.js
├ package.json
└ ...

documentation-generator.config.js

var fs = require('fs'),
    path = require('path');

// Finds out the version of a module.
function getVersion(name) {
    var dir = path.dirname(require.resolve(name));

    while (!fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))) {
        dir = path.resolve(dir, '..');
    }
    
    return require(path.join(dir, 'package')).version;
}

var m42kup = require('m42kup');

var styles = `<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/m42kup@${getVersion('m42kup')}/web/m42kup.default.css">`;

module.exports = {
    name: 'Example documentation',
    src: 'src',
    dst: 'build',
    render: text => m42kup.render(text),
    templateData: {
        styles
    },
    list: [
        {
            name: 'File 1',
            file: 'file1.m42kup'
        },
        {
            name: 'Directory 1',
            dir: 'dir1',
            list: [
                {
                    name: 'File 2',
                    file: 'file2.m42kup'
                },
                {
                    name: 'File 3',
                    file: 'file3.m42kup'
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
};

Finally, run

npx documentation-generator

at the root directory and open build/index.html to see the generated documentation.

Refer to the documentation for more information.