Working with the docs

The documentation is delivered via a Read The Docs (RTD) website.

TF uses the Linux Foundation's implementation for publishing to RTD, which is documented here.

I have not formally documented the usage requirements other than the commands to run to build and lint the docs. In general, the build process uses the sphinx-build command behind the scenes. Please consider creating a pull request to improve this README if/when you start contributing to this documentation. Thanks...

Installing required software

1. Install Sphinx-build https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/installation.html
2. Install Tox https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html

Building the docs

Build the docs static site.

$ tox -e docs

This command will populate a static website under the folder _build/html.

Running the linter

In addition to building, we can and should run a linter against the content.

$ tox -e docs-linkcheck

Building and running the linter

To build documentation and execute link checking in one run.

$ tox -e docs-all

Building documentation locally

Local building will establish re-usable pip cache under tox workdir (.tox/).

$ tox -e docs-dev

Additionally you can pass additional flags to sphinx-build i.e speed up building process with -j <n> flag.

$ tox -e docs-dev -- -j 4

Troubleshooting

In case tox will report errors like module not found when that module was previously used then remove .tox folder and run tox again.