Bureaucrat
Explore how Bureaucrat helps maintain code consistency by generating API documentation directly from test cases in Phoenix applications. Understand its integration with Elixir testing tools and how it prevents documentation drift, ensuring trustworthy, up-to-date API docs aligned with your code.
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Need for Bureaucrat
Many of the tools available directly in Elixir, such as ExUnit and documentation, focus on modules and functions. ExUnit is a great tool for unit testing. ExDoc is excellent for generating documentation from modules and functions, with guides covering the remaining functionality.
However, as developers tackle particular domains, such as the domain of web applications with Phoenix, the need for more specific tools arises. So, before finishing the testing section, we’ll cover two tools that are specific to web applications, exploring them in the context of Phoenix. If you’re using Elixir for other domains, such as embedded software or data processing, it’s likely those domains include their own ...