Documentation generator
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Automation technology for creating software documentation
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In software development, a documentation generator is an automation technology that generates documentation. A generator is often used to generate API documentation which is generally for programmers or operational documents (such as a manual) for end users. A generator often pulls content from source, binary or log files.[1] Some generators, such as Javadoc and Doxygen, use special source code comments to drive content and formatting.
See also
[edit ]- Comparison of documentation generators
- Template processor
- Static code analysis
- Literate programming
- Integrated development environment
References
[edit ]- ^ Zhang, Sai; Zhang, Cheng; Ernst, Michael (2011). "Automated documentation inference to explain failed tests" (PDF). 2011 26th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2011). pp. 63–72. doi:10.1109/ASE.2011.6100145. ISBN 978-1-4577-1639-3. S2CID 14846118.
