Glorious Pitsby
Docs generator for AngularJS, Vue, React, and Vanilla components.
Overview
Pitsby is a powerful documentation generator designed specifically for modern JavaScript frameworks like AngularJS, React, Vue, and even Vanilla JavaScript components. It simplifies the process of creating comprehensive documentation by requiring minimal setup while providing robust functionality. With Pitsby, developers can quickly generate and maintain documentation, ensuring that all components are well-documented and easily accessible.
Setting up Pitsby is straightforward. By configuring the pitsby.config.js file and utilizing documentation files (like button.doc.js), users can generate and serve their documentation seamlessly. This allows for an efficient workflow, especially when working on collaborative projects or with rapidly changing components.
Features
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Easy Setup: Configuration involves just a single
pitsby.config.jsfile to specify where documentation files reside and what assets to include. -
Real-time Updates: Pitsby can watch your files, providing immediate documentation updates as you make changes and save files.
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Framework Support: Compatible with popular frameworks like AngularJS, React, Vue, and Vanilla, making it versatile for various projects.
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Local Server: Once built, you can easily serve the generated documentation locally using tools like
http-server, allowing for quick previews. -
Documentation Structure: Enables the use of dedicated documentation files to keep component details organized and detailed.
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Community Contributions: Open for collaboration, providing guidelines for developers interested in contributing to enhance the project further.
Pitsby stands out as a reliable choice for developers seeking to create clear and maintainable documentation for their component libraries effortlessly.
- Angular
Angular is a TypeScript-based open-source framework by Google for building dynamic single-page applications and cross-platform mobile apps with MVC architecture and a rich set of features.
- React
React is a widely used JavaScript library for building user interfaces and single-page applications. It follows a component-based architecture and uses a virtual DOM to efficiently update and render UI components
- Vue
Vue.js is a lightweight and flexible JavaScript framework that allows developers to easily build dynamic and reactive user interfaces. Its intuitive syntax, modular architecture, and focus on performance make it a popular choice for modern web development.
- Documentation
Documentation themes are built specifically for writing technical and product documentation. They are normally written and maintained in Markdown. The often include a navigation menu, search bar, clear headings, semantic document structure and clean typography.
- Eslint
ESLint is a linter for JavaScript that analyzes code to detect and report on potential problems and errors, as well as enforce consistent code style and best practices, helping developers to write cleaner, more maintainable code.
- Prism JS
PrismJS is an open-source, lightweight, and extensible syntax highlighting library that supports a wide range of programming languages and markup formats.
- Webpack
Webpack is a popular open-source module bundler for JavaScript applications that bundles and optimizes the code and its dependencies for production-ready deployment. It can also be used to transform other types of assets such as CSS, images, and fonts.