Exemplary

A tool which provides extremely simple way to generate markdown documentation from actual source code examples!

Requirements

The requirements for using this package are:

• Python (>= 3.8).

Installation Guide

Install the package as you would any other, using pip:

> pip install python-exemplary
# or use `pipx` for virtual-env isolation
> pipx install python-exemplary

Check if it worked by running:

> exemplary --help

Usage Guide

Using exemplary is really easy. Upon installing the package, now a program called exemplary should be available to run.

exemplary works by reading your source-code; finding what must be comments; and wrapping the documents by the specified processors.

But why use words when examples do the trick?

Take for example the following Python script:

# myscript.py
def main():
    # @start md
    # # Exemplary Example!
    #
    # First when you want to add 1 to a number, you gotta start with a number.
    # Let's create a number-containing variable called "num"
    # @end

    # @start py
    num = 1
    # @end

    # @start md
    # And now let's just "+ 1" it, saving the result to "result".
    # @end

    # @start fence {"lang": "python"}
    result = num + 1
    # @end

    # @start md
    # Fantastic! Now let's print the result to see how we did
    # @end

    # @start py
    print(result)
    # @end


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Let's break it down:

• @start - Those signify the start of a block to be processed. The md/py signify which processor will handle the text-segment. There are currently 3 processors:
  • md/markdown - Strips the comment pattern (in this case #) and simply insert the block content as is.
  • fence - A classic markdown fence. The language is determined in the following arguments.
  • py/python - A shortcut for Python fence-blocks.
• @end signify the end of a block.
• ..And everything else in the middle, is the aforementioned blocks.

By running the command:

> exemplary generate myscript.py

The output of the generated Markdown will be printed on screen:

# Exemplary Example!

First when you want to add 1 to a number, you gotta start with a number.
Let's create a number-containing variable called "num"

``` python
num = 1

```

And now let's just "+ 1" it, saving the result to "result".

``` python
result = num + 1

```

Fantastic! Now let's print the result to see how we did

``` python
print(result)

```

...And that's it. Nothing else to it. Have fun documenting!