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Documentation generator for Sass source code

Using Sassdoc

Install the gem

[sudo] gem install sassdoc

Use the CLI to parse source docs

sassdoc ~/workspace/project

Options

Usage: sassdoc [path] [options]
    -v, --[no-]viewer                generate the viewer
    -s, --[no-]stdout                write json output to stdout
    -d, --destination PATH           path to write generated docs to
    -c, --scm URL                    URL to source control management viewer
    -n, --name DOC_NAME              the name of the project documentation

Examples

Some simple examples

// this is an example mixin
// @mixin     example-mixin
// @param     $first {String} the first parameter is a string
// @param     $second {Number} the second parameter is a number
// @param     $third {List} this one is a list!
// @usage:
// =example-mixin(first, 2, (3))
@mixin example-mixin($first, $second, $third) {
  // ...
}

// this is an example function
// @function  example-function
// @param     $type {String} the type of example [easy|hard]
// @return    {Number} the index of the type
@function example-function($type) {
  @return index(easy hard, $type);
}

Defining private methods

// this is a private function
// @function  -private-function
// @private
// @param     $color {Color} a color!
// @return    {Boolean} true of it succeed, false if it failed
@function -private-function($type) {
  //
}

Specifying a category

By default, Sassdoc will determine the category by the file path. You can define your own organization structure using the @category keyword.

This keyword can be used to set the scope of the entire file, or a single method.

Global category

In this example, both function-one and function-two will be scoped to the utilities label

// @category  utilities

// first function
// @function  function-one
// @param     $first {Color} a color
// @return    {Boolean} true of it succeed, false if it failed
@function function-one($first) {
  //
}

// second function
// @function  function-two
// @param     $first {Color} a color
// @return    {Boolean} true of it succeed, false if it failed
@function function-two($first) {
  //
}

Individual category

In this example, function-one will be labeled as utilities (from the Global scope), while function-two will be categorized as utilities/hacks

// @category  utilities

// first function
// @function  function-one
// @param     $first {Color} a color
// @return    {Boolean} true of it succeed, false if it failed
@function function-one($first) {
  //
}

// second function
// @function  function-two
// @category  utilities/hacks
// @param     $first {Color} a color
// @return    {Boolean} true of it succeed, false if it failed
@function function-two($first) {
  //
}

Supported Keywords

key	meaning
@mixin	define a mixin
@function	define a function
@param	a parameter for a method
@return	what is returned in the method
@private	flag a method as private
@usage	provide a block of example usage
@category	define a category for the method
@link	link off to a URL (limited support)
@see	reference another method (limited support)