README

Laravel Documenter is an automated documentation generator for Laravel and Filament projects. Its primary purpose is to generate or extend the CONTRIBUTING.md file of your project, providing a comprehensive overview of your project's structure and components.

Features

• Automatically generates or extends the CONTRIBUTING.md file in your Laravel project
• Documents key components: Models, Filament Resources, API Controllers, Jobs, Events, Middlewares, and Rules
• Uses customizable stubs for flexible documentation formatting
• Helps quickly onboard new developers by providing an up-to-date project overview
• Integrates seamlessly with Laravel and Filament projects

Requirements

• PHP 7.3 or higher
• Laravel 8.0 or higher

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require elalecs/laravel-documenter --dev

Configuration

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Elalecs\LaravelDocumenter\LaravelDocumenterServiceProvider" --tag="config"

This will create a config/laravel-documenter.php file where you can customize the behavior of the package.

Usage

To generate or update your project's CONTRIBUTING.md file:

php artisan documenter:generate

This command will:

1. Analyze your project structure
2. Generate documentation for each component (Models, Filament Resources, etc.)
3. Create or update the CONTRIBUTING.md file in your project root

You can also generate documentation for specific components:

php artisan documenter:generate --type model

Available types are: model, filament, api, and general.

Customization

You can customize the documentation output by publishing and modifying the stub files:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Elalecs\LaravelDocumenter\LaravelDocumenterServiceProvider" --tag="stubs"

This will copy the stub files to your resources/views/vendor/laravel-documenter directory. After publishing, update your config/laravel-documenter.php file to point to your custom stubs:

'stubs_path' => resource_path('views/vendor/laravel-documenter'),

Important: DocBlocks

For Laravel Documenter to function effectively, it's crucial that your code includes properly formatted DocBlocks. These DocBlocks should be present on:

• Classes
• Methods (especially handle() methods in Jobs and Middleware, and passes() methods in Rules)
• Properties

Include @description tags in your DocBlocks to provide detailed information about the purpose and functionality of your components.

Example:

/**
 * @description This job processes user uploads and generates thumbnails.
 */
class ProcessUserUpload implements ShouldQueue
{
    // ...
}

The more comprehensive your DocBlocks, the more detailed and useful the generated documentation will be.

Updating

When updating the package, make sure to republish the configuration file and clear the config cache:

composer update elalecs/laravel-documenter
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Elalecs\LaravelDocumenter\LaravelDocumenterServiceProvider" --tag="config" --force
php artisan config:clear

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

For more details on how to contribute, please check our CONTRIBUTING.md file.

License

The Laravel Documenter is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Credits

• Alex Galindo