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authorJeff Dean <jeff@zilkey.com>2008-11-16 22:27:08 -0500
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+== RDoc Documentation ==
+
+Once your plugin is stable and you are ready to deploy do everyone else a favor and document it! Luckily, writing documentation for your plugin is easy.
+
+The first step is to update the README file with detailed information about how to use your plugin. A few key things to include are:
+
+ * Your name
+ * How to install
+ * How to add the functionality to the app (several examples of common use cases)
+ * Warning, gotchas or tips that might help save users time
+
+Once your README is solid, go through and add rdoc comments to all of the methods that developers will use. It's also customary to add '#:nodoc:' comments to those parts of the code that are not part of the public api.
+
+Once your comments are good to go, navigate to your plugin directory and run:
+
+---------------------------------------------------------
+rake rdoc
+---------------------------------------------------------