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Natural Docs
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Does not parse all the folders in the project
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The output is in natural language
Natural Docs outputs documentation written in natural language which reads very similar to plain English.
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No C++ full syntax parsing
Does not support full syntax parsing of C++.
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Supports only HTML
The documentation can only be generated in HTML format.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
Output Format:
HTML
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ClickHelp
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Online collaboration
You can collaborate with your team members online, in real time - leave comments, to-do notes and other stuff.
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Expensive
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Customizable workflow
You can create your own workflow instead of the default one.
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Unlimited version history
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Amazing support
Support is always super-fast and helps to resolve any problems that occur.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, Web
API:
Yes
Export:
Online Portal, Web Help, CHM, Docx, PDF, Epub and other formats
Hosting options:
On-Premises/SaaS
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HelpNDoc
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Multiple formats
PDF, chm, web, Word etc.
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Bugs
When tried on a large .NET solution, it could not generate the help correctly.
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Really easy to use and learn
Very WYSIWYG. Like using a simple version of Word.
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Cppcheck
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Fast
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Custom C++ Parser
The custom implementation of the C++ parser has at least the deficiency not to support template template arguments. Furthermore its doesn't make much sense to maintain a custom parsing code which is extremely costly. Instead of this one should use a more elaborate existing AST parser which is maintained by a broader community.
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Updated regularly
With each update comes new checks and a closer opportunity for zero false positives. Updates also include improvements to the algorithms and performance of the analyzer.
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Limited ability to find Bugs
Cppcheck is not competitive with other tools like clang static analyzer in order find bugs. E.g. a simple nullpointer access isn't detected by cppcheck if it is function or method return value, whereas clang easily finds such bugs.
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Different output formats
Cppcheck allows the user to output the compiled source bugs to in a personalized fashion. It contains the ability to modify the output templates allowing for very simple user analysis. Adjust the output to suit your preferred format, or write your own!
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False Positives
As with any static analyzer it is impossible to get it perfect. Each project may produce errors even though the code behaves correctly. This result will vary different between code checks. All static analyzers are striving to achieve zero false positives.
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Sole focus on bugs
Cppcheck purely checks for bugs in your code as opposed to other stylistic issues. If you wish to perform checks for that as well you will need to add another tool to your reservoir.
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Windows, Linux, Mac
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Sphinx
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Output comes with different format
It supports reStructuredText in docstrings and produces an HTML output with a clean visual style. Automatic links for functions, classes, citations and glossary terms. It has a hierarchical structure and automatic indices.
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Too complex for a beginner
It requires a bit of configuration. It introduces using Makefile. It can also be run using a quickstart script but also requires a bit of steps to begin.
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Good documentation and lots of examples listed on their website
Sphinx documentation is well written and very detailed. From beginner to advanced user can easily navigate through their navigation.
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License:
BSD license
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Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
Python version compatibility:
2 and 3
Output formats:
HTML, LaTeX (for printable PDF versions), ePub, Texinfo, manual pages, plain text
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Apiary
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Mediocre documentation
Users must rely primarily on the example project and auto-generated API documentation (Haddocks). The author of Apiary is not a native English speaker and openly acknowledges this issue.
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Automatically generates API documentation
Apiary generates comprehensive HTML documentation based on your API routes.
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Type-level routes
Apiary provides type modeling, down to URL parameters, ensuring type safety.
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ROBODoc
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Old
The source code on GitHub has not been updated for years.
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Multiple format output
ROBODoc can output the documentation in different formats (HTML, XML, DocBook, TROFF, ASCII, LaTeX or RTF).
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Requires that you do all the annotation yourself
ROBODoc requires that you do all the annotation so that the parser can derive the documentation. While other documentation generators will derive a little bit more documentation even if you don't add any annotations.
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Eclipse with JSDT
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Provides quick fixes
Eclipse with JSDT provides you with quick fixes every time a warning or error is raised by the IDE. This feature is particularly helpful at places in code where errors were caused by the programmer just being a little "lazy", such as missing out the + sign between two operands or a variable being out of scope.
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Uses a lot of memory
Eclipse hogs a lot of memory, although this can be controlled by the IDE start-up ini file.
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Smart Code completion
Just like all other IDEs, Eclipse offers you inline code completion (even with any external JS libraries added to the project).
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Plugins can be unstable
Though there are plenty of plugins to choose from, they aren't always reliable. Some aren't maintained, bug fixes can be slow, and you may need to download plugins from multiple sources.
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Free and cross-platform
Eclipse runs on Windows, Linux and Mac, and is totally free of cost.
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Support and problem solving is difficult to find
The Eclipse forums have more tumbleweed than users. Stack-overflow also has very little info.
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Code refactoring
Eclipse's refactoring features are quite similar to Webstorm's. It provides almost the same functionalities which include renaming, moving, and member extraction to make your code tidier
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Code auto-completion for brackets and parenthesis
This feature is particularly useful when you've added a lot of nesting in your code and you're unable to recall which opening bracket corresponds to which closing one.
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Large selection of plugins
Eclipse has a large and active community, which has resulted in a wide variety of plugins.
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Highly customizable
Thanks to the large variety of plugins and various configuration options available, Eclipse is very customizable.
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Seamless integration with web servers like Apache or Jetty
Eclipse lets you integrate web servers (like Apache or Jetty) into the IDE, which you could use for in-container testing or providing services.
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Good integration with git using eGit plugin
Pulling, pushing, staging, stashing, etc., are all available in Eclipse as IDE functionalities.
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PyDoctor
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Created for improvement
Pydoctor was created to improve more from Epydoc. So it is even more better that Epydoc. For the purposes of the Twisted project as epydoc has difficulties with zope.interface. Puts a fair bit of effort into resolving imports and computing inheritance hierarchies and, as it aims at documenting Twisted, knows about zope.interface's declaration API and can present information about which classes implement which interface, and vice versa.
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Poor documentation and small size of community
Documentation is little and there isn't too much about Pydoctor references. Unlike Sphinx or any other documentation generators.
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Output can be pass to Sphinx
PyDoctor can pass object model to Sphinx to output style same as Sphinx. So from Pydoctor you could still pass the object model to Sphinx if you still prefer Sphinx look.
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Works on Python 2 only
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Outstanding clean look
Pydoctor has more neat look compared to other documentation generator.
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License:
BSD license
OS:
Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
Python version compatibility:
2 only
Output format:
HTML, Can be same as Sphinx output
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