jsdoc vs VitePress
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JSDoc 3 is an API documentation generator for JavaScript, similar to JavaDoc or PHPDoc. You add documentation comments directly to your source code, right along side the code itself. The JSDoc Tool will scan your source code, and generate a complete HTML documentation website for you. | VitePress is a Static Site Generator (SSG) designed for building fast, content-centric websites. In a nutshell, VitePress takes your source content written in Markdown, applies a theme to it, and generates static HTML pages that can be easily deployed anywhere. |
Up and running easily;
Command line interface;
| Static Site Generator (SSG), Vite, Markdown, Vue, Documentation |
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Followers 155 | Followers 3 |
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