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Comparison of documentation generators

Index Comparison of documentation generators

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of documentation generators. [1]

33 relations: API writer, AsciiDoc, Comment (computer programming), Docblock, Document! X, Documentation generator, Doxygen, Epydoc, HeaderDoc, Javadoc, JSDoc, Lightweight markup language, Markdown, Microsoft Compiled HTML Help, Mkd (software), Natural Docs, NDoc, PHPDoc, PhpDocumentor, Plain Old Documentation, Programming tool, Pydoc, RDoc, ReStructuredText, ROBODoc, Sandcastle (software), Software documentation, Sphinx (documentation generator), Textile (markup language), Txt2tags, VBdocman, VSdocman, YARD (software).

API writer

An API writer is a technical writer who writes documents that describe an application programming interface (API).

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AsciiDoc

AsciiDoc is a human-readable document format, semantically equivalent to DocBook XML, but using plain-text mark-up conventions.

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Comment (computer programming)

In computer programming, a comment is a programmer-readable explanation or annotation in the source code of a computer program.

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Docblock

In programming, a docblock is a specially formatted comment specified in source code that is used to document a specific segment of code.

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Document! X

Document! X is a documentation generator which automates technical documentation production for C#/VB.NET/C++/CLI or other.NET language assemblies, Java Projects, databases, COM components, type libraries, XSD schemas and ASP.NET Ajax Javascript.

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Documentation generator

A documentation generator is a programming tool that generates software documentation intended for programmers (API documentation) or end users (End-user Guide), or both, from a set of specially commented source code files, and in some cases, binary files.

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Doxygen

Doxygen is a documentation generator, a tool for writing software reference documentation.

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Epydoc

Epydoc is a documentation generator that processes its own lightweight markup language Epytext for Python documentation strings.

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HeaderDoc

HeaderDoc is a documentation generator developed and maintained by Apple Inc. Using specially commented source code files as input, HeaderDoc generates documentation for the code in HTML or XML format.

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Javadoc

Javadoc (originally cased JavaDoc) is a documentation generator created by Sun Microsystems for the Java language (now owned by Oracle Corporation) for generating API documentation in HTML format from Java source code.

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JSDoc

JSDoc is a markup language used to annotate JavaScript source code files.

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Lightweight markup language

A lightweight markup language (LML), also termed a simple or humane markup language, is a markup language with simple, unobtrusive syntax.

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Markdown

Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax.

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Microsoft Compiled HTML Help

Microsoft Compiled HTML Help is a Microsoft proprietary online help format, consisting of a collection of HTML pages, an index and other navigation tools.

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Mkd (software)

mkd is a software application for extracting pre-encoded comments lines to generate software documentation according to the ISO/IEC 26514:2008 standard.

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Natural Docs

Natural Docs is a multi-language documentation generator.

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NDoc

NDoc is a code documentation generator for the Common Language Infrastructure created by Jason Diamond, Jean-Claude Manoli and Kral Ferch.

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PHPDoc

PHPDoc is an adaptation of Javadoc for the PHP programming language.

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PhpDocumentor

phpDocumentor is an open source documentation generator written in PHP.

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Plain Old Documentation

Plain Old Documentation, abbreviated pod, is a lightweight markup language used to document the Perl programming language.

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Programming tool

A programming tool or software development tool is a computer program that software developers use to create, debug, maintain, or otherwise support other programs and applications.

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Pydoc

Pydoc is a standard documentation module for the programming language Python.

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RDoc

RDoc, designed by Dave Thomas, is an embedded documentation generator for the Ruby programming language.

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ReStructuredText

reStructuredText (sometimes abbreviated as RST, ReST, or reST) is a file format for textual data used primarily in the Python programming language community for technical documentation.

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ROBODoc

ROBODoc is a documentation tool similar to Javadoc and licensed under the GPL.

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Sandcastle (software)

Sandcastle is a documentation generator from Microsoft.

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Software documentation

Software documentation is written text or illustration that accompanies computer software or is embedded in the source code.

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Sphinx (documentation generator)

Sphinx is a documentation generator written and used by the Python community.

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Textile (markup language)

Textile is a lightweight markup language that uses a text formatting syntax to convert plain text into structured HTML markup.

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Txt2tags

txt2tags is a document generator software that uses a lightweight markup language.

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VBdocman

VBdocman allows commenting and the automatic generation of technical documentation from Visual Basic 6 source code files.

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VSdocman

VSdocman is a documentation generator that allows for code commenting and the automatic generation of technical documentation from C# and VB.NET projects.

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YARD (software)

YARD, is an embedded documentation generator for the Ruby programming language.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_documentation_generators

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