DataJuggler.DocGen.DataAccessComponent 1.0.8

DataJuggler.DocGen analyzes and Saves the code objects found in a Visual Studio solution in SQL Server. The main purpose of this project is to create documentation, but there are other uses.

Code For The NuGet package and this project https://github.com/DataJuggler/DocGen

The GitHub repo is here and has a Sample Windows Forms application. For now all it does is analyze a solution and save all the details in SQL Server. Coming soon is a Blazor admin portal to allow a solution owner to manage the documentation including editing, hiding, showing and creating code samples or images.

Descriptions

For now, the descriptions for projects are read from the .csproject files.

All other descriptions are read from Summary Text if present.

/// <summary>
/// This class is the code behind for the CalendarComponent
/// </summary>
public partial class CalendarComponent : IBlazorComponent, IBlazorComponentParent

In the above example, the description would be parsed to

This class is the code behind for the CalendarComponent.

I am investigating if there is a free or very cheap way to have AI write descriptions if a description is not present.

Here is the code to analyze an entire solution

// Create a new instance of an 'UICallback' object.
UICallback uICallback = new UICallback(UpdateBatchProgress, UpdateOverallProgress);

// Retrieve the Solution
Solution = await DocGenerator.AnalyzeSolution(SolutionSelector.Text, uICallback);

UICallback is a class that contains two delegates:

The MainForm has two status labels and two progress bars. Overall Progress is for Projects and the Batch Progress is for the Code Files of that project.

#region UpdateBatchProgress(int max, int currentValue, string status)
/// <summary>
/// Update Batch Progress
/// </summary>
public void UpdateBatchProgress(int max, int currentValue, string status)
{
    // Set the Text
    BatchStatusLabel.Text = status;
    
    // Setup the Progressbar
    BatchGraph.Maximum = max;
    BatchGraph.Value = currentValue;
    
    // Force an update
    Refresh();
    Application.DoEvents();
}
#endregion

#region UpdateOverallProgress(int max, int currentValue, string status)
/// <summary>
/// Update Overall Progress
/// </summary>
public void UpdateOverallProgress(int max, int currentValue, string status)
{
    // Set the Text
    OverallStatusLabel.Text = status;
    
    // Setup the Progressbar
    OverallGraph.Maximum = max;
    OverallGraph.Value = currentValue;
    
    // Force an update
    Refresh();
    Application.DoEvents();
}
#endregion

Saving Results In SQL Server

To save a solution after Analyzing, create a System Environment Variable named DocGenConn, containing a connection string to SQL Server. Create a database named DocGen and create a connection string.

Example Connection Strings

Replace out ServerName. You must have Encrypt=False in the connection string.

SQL Server
Data Source=ServerName;Initial Catalog=DocGen;Integrated Security=True;Encrypt=False;

SQL Express
Data Source=ServerName\SQLExpress;Initial Catalog=DocGen;Integrated Security=True;Encrypt=False;

Future Updates

The next feature I will add is the ability to get a list of projects from the solution, in case you only want to generate docs for certain projects. Then as I get time start working on a Blazor portal to generate and host documentation.