Dokaz
Dokaz (До́каз) means "proof" in Ukrainian.
Dokaz gem allows you to check all code inside your documentation, and see what it outputs.
It just finds all pieces of
```ruby-marked code in your .md files, tries to run it and shows you the consequences.
Install
Just as usual -- by adding gem 'dokaz'
to your Gemfile then running
bundle install
.
Or [sudo] gem install dokaz
Usage
dokaz --help
Usage: dokaz [patterns] [options]
Patterns:
File.md one file
File.md:15 only block around line 15
folder/*.md all files in folder
Options:
-r, --require Additional files to require, comma-separated
-f, --format Output format ("spec" or "show[case]")
--help Shows this message
Dokaz respects .dokaz
file in local folder, which should be just its
options, each on newline.
Output formats
- "spec" -- simple "does it work?" check:
- "showcase" or just "show" -- pretty copy-pasteable output of what sample code returns and prints:
You can just insert it back into your docs.
Using it for your project's README
- Add to project's Gemfile (preferably to
:dev
group)gem 'dokaz'
- Create file for example
spec/dokaz_helpers.rb
, containing all initialization code to include your project files - Create file
.dokaz
, containing:
README.md
--require ./spec/dokaz_helpers.rb
- Run
bundle exec dokaz
Using it for your project's GitHub wiki
- Do the same as above
- Clone your project's wiki to some directory (outside your project's directory!):
git clone git:github.com/myusername/myproject.wiki.git
- At your project's directory, run
bundle exec dokaz /path/to/cloned/wiki/*.md
Known issues
- ridiculously simple, naïve and not tested; though, works for me;
- all code from all blocks is evaluated in same context (so, if block from one documentation file defines some class or variable, it is visible to all other blocks). Typically, it is reasonable behaviour, yet can produce unwanted effects when your docs demonstrate some metaprogramming or do some serious side-effects.
License
MIT