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Django Classy Doc

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Overview

Django Classy DOC is an innovative tool designed to enhance the documentation of Class-Based Views (CBVs) within your Django projects. It generates informative, structured documentation right from your own code, making it an invaluable resource for developers seeking to provide clear and comprehensive information about their applications. By incorporating Django Classy DOC, users can streamline their documentation process and ensure it is always in sync with their existing codebase.

Getting started with Django Classy DOC is straightforward. Simply add it to your project’s INSTALLED_APPS, and with a few configuration options, it can generate both static and live documentation. As the documentation generation process can be tailored to specific modules and applications, this tool allows for high customization, enabling developers to focus on what matters most in their unique projects.

Features

  • Easy Installation: Simply add 'django_classy_doc' to your INSTALLED_APPS in the settings.py file to get started quickly.

  • Static Documentation Generation: Generate comprehensive documentation statically, saving the output in a designated output folder for easy access.

  • Custom Rendering: Optionally, have Django render the documentation on-the-fly by adding specific lines to your urls.py file.

  • Flexible Configuration Options: Customize the documentation generation with settings like CLASSY_DOC_BASES, CLASSY_DOC_MODULE_TYPES, and CLASSY_DOC_KNOWN_APPS to control which parts of your project to document.

  • Checkbox Toggles: Generated documentation allows for intuitive interface features such as checkboxes to show or hide properties and methods defined in known apps.

  • Include/Exclude Modules: Fine-tune the documentation process further with options to include or exclude specific modules, thus ensuring you document only what you want.

  • MkDocs Integration: Leverage a custom handler for mkdocstrings to embed class documentation directly within your MkDocs sites, enhancing documentation visibility.

  • Support for Multiple Settings: Provides configuration examples for replicating popular Django modules, simplifying the integration process for developers used to those frameworks.