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jsdoc vs Cloudockit: What are the differences?
What is jsdoc? An API documentation generator for JavaScript. 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.
What is Cloudockit? Auto-generated architecture diagrams, technical documentation and cloud monitoring. It is the only software to offer cloud architecture diagramming and documentation for companies that operate in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform as well as Hyper-V and VMware. The powerful software is able to generate a complete view of your cloud, on-premise, and hybrid cloud environments It offers its tool as a SaaS, Desktop, and Container (currently in beta) solutions. The software is compatible with Visio, Draw.io, Lucidchart, Word, PDF, Excel, and enables you to extract JSON files.
Cloduockit offers 2D/3D diagrams with multiple views, technical documentation and reports, advanced scheduling options, complete cloud monitoring, and compliance rules..
jsdoc can be classified as a tool in the "Documentation as a Service & Tools" category, while Cloudockit is grouped under "Architecture Design Tools".
Some of the features offered by jsdoc are:
- Up and running easily
- Command line interface
On the other hand, Cloudockit provides the following key features:
- Auto-generated architecture diagrams
- Auto-generated technical documentation
- scheduling & API
Pros of Cloudockit
Pros of jsdoc
- Far less verbose2
- Simpler type safe than TypeScript1
- No compiler needed1
- Does almost everything TS does1