JSDoc is just an equivalent [1] to Javadoc [2] (and PHPDoc is another one). Those formats just describe what you can do with your comments in code that look lik

JSDoc is just an equivalent [1] to Javadoc [2] (and PHPDoc is another one). Those formats just describe what you can do with your comments in code that look like this: / * * some documentation * / The Javadoc tool converts those comments to a collection of clunky HTML sites with documentation [3] that we all know. What the project linked here does is similar: Just like the Javadoc tool, it converts your comments from code into a well-readable documentation -- but not with clunky HTML but in concise Markdown. To see an example, just put this sample Java code [4] into the box and convert. [1] http://usejsdoc.org/about-getting-started.html#generating-a-website http://usejsdoc.org/about-getting-started.html#generating-a-... [2] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-jsp-135444.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/... [3] http://google.github.io/guice/api-docs/latest/javadoc/index.html http://google.github.io/guice/api-docs/latest/javadoc/index.... [4] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/delight-im/Javadoc-to-Markdown/gh-pages/examples/Javadoc.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/delight-im/Javadoc-to-Mark...