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René Föhring
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Transcript
How to get people excited about inline docs. InchJS René
Föhring // @rrrene inch-ci.org
How to get people excited about inline docs. InchJS René
Föhring // @rrrene inch-ci.org
@rrrene
@rrrene (read in pirate voice)
@rrrene (read in pirate voice) Coder @ Neopoly
https://www.neopoly.com/jobs/
https://www.neopoly.com/jobs/
https://www.neopoly.com/jobs/
Inline Docs?
// TODO: write some docs // function hash(filenameOrBlob, mode =
nil) { }
// Returns a hash for a given `filenameOrBlob`. // //
hash(filename) // => "68ac9064904d853a037a7a8f" function hash(filenameOrBlob, mode) { }
// Returns a hash for a given `filenameOrBlob`. // //
hash(filename) // => "68ac9064904d853a037a7a8f" function hash(filenameOrBlob, mode) { } free-form
/** * Generates a hash for a given `filenameOrBlob`. *
* @example * hash(filename) * => "68ac9064904d853a037a7a8f“ * * @param filenameOrBlob [String] the filename * @param mode [String,null] optional mode * @return [String,null] */ function hash(filenameOrBlob, mode) { } JSDoc
// Public: Generates a hash for the blob. // //
filenameOrBlob – filename or blob // mode - Optional mode (defaults to "SHA1") // // Examples // // size(filename) // => "68ac9064904d853a037a7a8f“ // // Returns String or null. function hash(filenameOrBlob, mode) { } TomDoc
(ง ͠° ͟ل ͜ ͡°)ง But what is the problem?
„good code is its own documentation“ (based on my early
twenties) versus „people are not JavaScript parsers“ (based on Zach Holman)
None
Tooling helps! because, there must be tools, right?
„There are 0 lines of documentation.“ or „65.7% documented“
Look, here are the facts.
Designing Inch Let‘s create a more opinionated tool.
First, let‘s make up some rules.
it is more important to document … longer functions than
short ones
it is more important to document … longer functions than
short ones functions with many parameters
it is more important to document … longer functions than
short ones functions with many parameters modules exporting functions
it is more important to document … longer functions than
short ones functions with many parameters modules containing functions ...
code objects ordered by priority 6 5 4 2 1
0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -7
code objects ordered by priority 6 5 4 2 1
0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -7
# These rules provide priorities for all # code objects.
const codeObjects = [ functions parameters ]; # ... which are also assigned a score. const scores = [0, 100];
# Called by the `initech` service. # # @return [undefined]
function userRegistered(username, _) { } Score: ? Priority: ?
# Called by the `initech` service. # # @return [undefined]
function userRegistered(username, _) { } Score: 90/100 Priority:
# Called by the `initech` service. # # @return [undefined]
function userRegistered(username, _) { } Score: 90/100 Priority:
# Called by the `initech` service. # # @return [undefined]
function userRegistered(username, _) { } Grade: A Priority:
>> require('grade_list').getAll() A – Really good B – Proper documentation
found C – Please take a look U – Undocumented (not a bad thing)
>> CLI _
# Properly documented, could be improved: ┃ 50 4 Foo#initialize
┃ 50 4 Foo.Bar # Please take a look: ┃ 37 4 Foo.API#initialize ┃ 25 2 Foo.CodeObject#initialize # Undocumented: ┃ 0 4 Foo.CLI ┃ 0 4 Foo.API#send_request
# Properly documented, could be improved: ┃ B ↑ Foo#initialize
┃ B ↑ Foo.Bar # Please take a look: ┃ C ↑ Foo.API#initialize ┃ C ↗ Foo.CodeObject#initialize # Undocumented: ┃ U ↑ Foo.CLI ┃ U ↑ Foo.API#send_request
>> inch suggest
>> inch suggest
>> inch list
>> inch show OBJECT_NAME
>> CLI !!!
>> CLI !!! but how to get people excited about
this?
BADGES
None
U C B A
None
None
None
None
2100x
2100x Ruby, JS & Elixir
The Things I learned
#1 Software is about people
#2 Be passionate about your ideas
#3 Be brave enough to build your own tools
The End (srsly, please help improving ES6 support)