DocFX Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• TSDocs.dev: type docs for any JavaScript library

  This is a better looking version of what Java and C# have had for a long time (kudos to the author for that!), is that the inspiration for this tool? https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/windows/javadoc.html https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/ I saw the author mentioned in another comment that they found themselves peeping inside type declaration files "too often". While I do often use sites generated... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• What Does Microsoft Use to Create their KB Articles?

  Actually, we use it for OptiTune, it's called "docfx" https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/. Source: over 2 years ago

• Library / Codebase Documentation - Multiple aggregated libraries - How to create? DocFx does not support this?

  We would really prefer to use a somewhat generic pre-made tool for this (such as DocFX) compared to rolling our own solution. We can roll our own solution... But would prefer not to so that we can minimize development and maintenance overhead. Source: over 2 years ago

• CSharp Docuementation Site

  I use docfx from microsoft to generate documentation for all my oss libraries. Source: over 2 years ago

• What platform is Microsoft Docs hosted on?

  My best guess would be that there's a CI/CD pipeline in GitHub that utilizes DocFX to convert the Markdown files to HTML. The constructed HTML files are then placed in an Azure Storage account that configured for Static Website Hosting combined with Azure CDN. Source: over 2 years ago

• Serving DocFX static site from .NET & adding Authentication

  For those of you who are new to DocFX, DocFX is static site generator from source code files and markdown. It is mainly used for documentation, however it is important to mention that it is flexible to be used for many different purposes. Some use it for blogging, profile site,... Really its up to you to define what to use it for. For more information on DocFX you can visit their official website. - Source: dev.to / almost 3 years ago

• Started to learn markdown which is pretty cool, how would I create a table of contents like this:

  It depends on what tool you want to use. DocFx generates the overview. Source: about 3 years ago