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Documentation Guide

This guide covers documentation standards and practices for FlavumHive.

Documentation Structure​

Project Documentation​

  • README.md
  • API Reference
  • User Guides
  • Contributing Guides
  • Architecture Docs

Code Documentation​

  • Docstrings
  • Comments
  • Type hints
  • Examples

Writing Documentation​

Markdown Standards​

# Main Title

## Section Title

### Subsection

#### Details

- List item 1
- List item 2
  - Nested item
  - Another nested item

1. Ordered item 1
2. Ordered item 2

> Important note or quote

\`\`\`python
# Code example
def example():
    pass
\`\`\`

Code Examples​

def example_function(param1: str, param2: int) -> bool:
    """
    Short description of function.

    Args:
        param1: Description of param1
        param2: Description of param2

    Returns:
        bool: Description of return value

    Raises:
        ValueError: When params are invalid
        TypeError: When types don't match

    Example:
        >>> example_function("test", 42)
        True
    """
    pass

Documentation Tools​

Docusaurus Setup​

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development server
npm start

# Build documentation
npm run build

# Serve built documentation
npm run serve

API Documentation​

# Generate API docs
sphinx-apidoc -o docs/api flavumhive

# Build documentation
cd docs
make html

Best Practices​

1. Content Guidelines​

  • Be clear and concise
  • Use active voice
  • Include examples
  • Keep up-to-date

2. Code Documentation​

  • Document all public APIs
  • Include type hints
  • Add usage examples
  • Explain exceptions

3. File Organization​

  • Logical structure
  • Clear hierarchy
  • Consistent naming
  • Related grouping

4. Formatting​

  • Consistent style
  • Proper headings
  • Code highlighting
  • Clean layout

Documentation Types​

1. API Reference​

class ExampleClass:
    """
    Class description.

    Attributes:
        attr1 (str): Description of attr1
        attr2 (int): Description of attr2
    """

    def method(self, param: str) -> bool:
        """Method description."""
        pass

2. Tutorials​

# Tutorial Title

## Prerequisites
- Requirement 1
- Requirement 2

## Steps
1. First step
2. Second step
3. Third step

## Example
\`\`\`python
# Code example
\`\`\`

3. How-To Guides​

# How to Implement Feature X

## Overview
Brief description

## Implementation
Step-by-step guide

## Testing
Verification steps

## Troubleshooting
Common issues

Maintenance​

Updating Docs​

  1. Review regularly
  2. Update for changes
  3. Fix broken links
  4. Add new content

Version Control​

  1. Document versions
  2. Track changes
  3. Update changelog
  4. Tag releases

Quality Checks​

  1. Spell checking
  2. Link validation
  3. Code testing
  4. Format verification

Next Steps​