grunt-mox

Grunt module for using mox( A markdown javascript documentation generator)

Check out the example mox output here

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-mox --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-mox');

The "mox" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named mox to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  mox: {
    your_target: {
      sourceFiles : ['sourceFile1.js','sourceFile2.js'],
      options: {
        name: "Grunt-Mox",
        version:"0.1.0",
        template : "default",
        outputFile:"outputFile.md",
        moxJsonFile : "moxJsonFile.json",
        htmlFile : "htmlOutput.html"
      }
    },
  },
})

Paramaters

sourceFiles

Type: String | Array

Source file(s) or directories to get documentation from

Options

name

Type: String

Name of application or project generating documentation for.

version

Type: String

Version of documentation or application generating documentation for.

template

Type: String Default: default

Template used to generate documentation. Can be the path to a custom template or one of the predefined mox templates. See mox documentation for more details.

outputFile

Type: String

File path to output mox markdown documentation.

htmlFile

Type: String

File path to output dox html documentation.

moxJsonFile

Type: String

File path to output dox json object. See mox documentation for more details.

Usage Examples

Default Template

In this example, the default mox template will be used to generate documentation for the specfied source files.

grunt.initConfig({
  mox: {
    your_target: {
      sourceFiles:['sourceFile1.js','sourceFile2.js']
      options: {
        outputFile: 'outputFile.md'
      }
    },
  },
})

Mox Template

In this example, the category mox template will be used to generate documentation for the specfied source files.

grunt.initConfig({
  mox: {
    your_target: {
      sourceFiles:['sourceFile1.js','sourceFile2.js']
      options: {
        outputFile: 'outputFile.md',
        template: 'category'
      }
    },
  },
})

Custom Template

In this example, a custom jade template will be used to generate documentation for the specfied source files.

grunt.initConfig({
  mox: {
    your_target: {
      sourceFiles:['sourceFile1.js','sourceFile2.js']
      options: {
        outputFile: 'outputFile.md',
        template: 'someCustomTemplate.jade'
      }
    },
  },
})
 
## Contributing
In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com/).