Developed Documentation Strategy for Terra System

📅 2025-04-28 — Session: Developed Documentation Strategy for Terra System

🕒 00:55–01:10
🏷️ Labels: Documentation, Terra, API, Pdoc, Automation
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to establish a comprehensive documentation strategy for the Terra system, focusing on both API documentation and artifact documentation.

Key Activities

• Documentation Strategy: Developed a dual approach for Terra’s documentation, recommending the use of autodocs for API components and handcrafted documentation for artifacts.
• API Documentation Plan: Created a structured plan to generate API documentation for the core/ module using pdoc, including steps for installation, folder creation, documentation generation, and local preview.
• Command Update: Updated the usage of the pdoc command by removing the obsolete --html flag, as the new version generates HTML by default.
• Name Collision Resolution: Provided a solution for resolving name collisions in pdoc documentation generation by specifying the local folder path.
• Automation of Submodule Documentation: Outlined methods and provided a script to automate documentation for all submodules within a Python package using pdoc.
• FastAPI Troubleshooting: Addressed issues with autodocumentation in FastAPI projects, providing fixes for missing dependencies and suggestions for safer code imports.

Achievements

• Successfully outlined a documentation strategy for Terra.
• Developed and updated plans and commands for effective API documentation generation.
• Resolved technical issues related to documentation generation tools.

Pending Tasks

• Implement the outlined documentation strategy across the Terra system.
• Further test and refine the documentation generation process for FastAPI projects.