Ensure API documentation provides clear, accurate, and comprehensive information for developers. This includes precise function signatures, detailed parameter descriptions, correct terminology, and helpful external references.
Key practices:
Example of good API documentation:
// Clear function signature with proper typing
function parse(text: string, options?: ParserOptions): Promise<AST> | AST;
// Detailed parameter description with examples
// The `file` parameter could be a normal path or a url string like `file:///C:/test.txt`
// Helpful external reference
Strings provided to `plugins` are ultimately passed to [`import()` expression](https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#import-expressions)
This approach helps developers understand exactly how to use APIs correctly and reduces confusion about parameter types, optional arguments, and expected behaviors.
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