Complete documentation structure for the BetterStructureSql gem project.
README.md
- Main project overview with emojis
- Quick start guide
- Feature highlights
- Example output comparison
- Configuration example
- Links to all documentation
CLAUDE.md
- AI assistant context document
- Project purpose and architecture
- Development principles (SOLID, TDD)
- Component descriptions
- PostgreSQL features supported
- Testing strategy
- Code quality standards
- Keyword-rich for AI understanding
installation.md
- Step-by-step installation guide
- Basic vs full setup
- Replace default schema dump
- Manual usage
- Database configuration
- Troubleshooting
configuration.md
- Complete configuration reference
- All options with defaults
- Core settings
- Schema components toggles
- Schema versioning settings
- Formatting options
- Common configuration scenarios
- Environment-specific examples
usage.md
- Rake task reference
- Workflow examples
- Programmatic usage
- Integration patterns
- Common tasks
- Performance notes
- Troubleshooting
schema_versions.md
- Schema versioning feature overview
- Database schema structure
- Storage and retrieval
- Automatic cleanup
- Model reference
- API endpoint example (authentication, controller, routes)
- Use cases
- Performance considerations
testing.md
- Test structure and organization
- Unit test examples
- Integration test examples
- Performance benchmarks
- Schema comparison testing
- Test helpers
- Running tests
- CI configuration
- Coverage goals
- Best practices
architecture.md
- System architecture diagram
- Core components detailed
- Design principles
- Database interaction patterns
- Error handling strategy
- Performance optimizations
- Testing architecture
- Rails integration
- Security considerations
- Extensibility patterns
README.md
- MVP implementation roadmap
- Phase summary with timelines
- Success criteria per phase
- Development workflow
- Testing strategy
- Dummy app requirements
- Technology stack
- Dependencies
- Milestones
- Risk mitigation
- Release plan
phase-1.md
- Core schema dumping implementation
- Component checklist
- Files to create
- Acceptance criteria
- Testing requirements
- Foundation objectives
phase-2.md
- Schema versioning feature
- Database design
- Version storage and retrieval
- Retention management
- Configuration additions
- Integration tasks
phase-3.md
- Advanced PostgreSQL features
- Views and materialized views
- Functions and triggers
- Partitioned tables
- Dependency resolution
- Performance optimization
- Comprehensive testing
README.md
- Dummy Rails app documentation
- Complex schema overview
- Extensions list
- Custom types (enums, domains)
- Table descriptions
- Views and materialized views
- Functions and triggers
- Indexes (all types)
- Foreign keys and constraints
- Partitioned tables
- Inherited tables
- Database setup instructions
- Schema complexity metrics
- Performance testing
- Schema validation
All documents written for:
- Quick scanning
- Information density
- Search engine optimization
- AI assistant comprehension
- Developer onboarding
- Clear hierarchies
- Table of contents where needed
- Cross-references between documents
- Code examples inline
- Command-line examples
- Real-world examples
- Copy-paste ready code
- Troubleshooting sections
- Performance considerations
- Security notes
Getting Started:
- Read README.md
- Follow installation.md
- Review configuration.md
- Try examples from usage.md
Contributing:
- Review CLAUDE.md for project context
- Check architecture.md for design patterns
- Follow testing.md for test requirements
- Reference phase documents in docs/mvp/
Testing:
- Read testing.md
- Setup dummy app per spec/dummy/README.md
- Run comparison tests
- Write new tests per guidelines
Context Loading:
- Start with CLAUDE.md (project essence)
- Reference architecture.md (structure)
- Check relevant phase document
- Review testing.md for quality standards
Development Tasks:
- Understand component from architecture.md
- Check existing patterns in CLAUDE.md
- Write tests per testing.md
- Follow SOLID principles
- Update documentation
Planning:
- Review docs/mvp/README.md for roadmap
- Track phase documents for tasks
- Monitor success criteria
- Adjust timelines based on progress
Quality Assurance:
- Verify test coverage per testing.md
- Check documentation completeness
- Validate examples work
- Review troubleshooting sections
- Total markdown files: 13
- Root level: 2 (README, CLAUDE)
- docs/ level: 6
- docs/mvp/ level: 4
- spec/dummy/ level: 1
README.md: Overview, quick start, examples (~155 lines) CLAUDE.md: Project context, principles (~350 lines) installation.md: Setup guide (~120 lines) configuration.md: Config reference (~250 lines) usage.md: Tasks and patterns (~290 lines) schema_versions.md: Versioning feature (~380 lines) testing.md: Test strategy (~350 lines) architecture.md: Technical design (~450 lines) docs/mvp/README.md: Roadmap overview (~250 lines) phase-1.md: Foundation tasks (~180 lines) phase-2.md: Versioning tasks (~150 lines) phase-3.md: Advanced tasks (~200 lines) spec/dummy/README.md: Test app schema (~280 lines)
Total: ~3,400 lines of documentation
- Clean structure.sql generation
- pg_dump replacement
- Schema versioning with retention
- Rails integration
- Complete PostgreSQL support
- SOLID principles
- TDD approach
- Comprehensive testing
- Performance optimization
- Security considerations
- Unit tests
- Integration tests
- Comparison tests
- Performance benchmarks
- Dummy app with complex schema
-
Review Documentation
- Proofread all documents
- Validate code examples
- Check cross-references
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Implementation
- Start Phase 1 per docs/mvp/phase-1.md
- Follow TDD approach from testing.md
- Reference architecture.md for design
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Validation
- Setup dummy app
- Test all examples
- Verify rake tasks work
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Publication
- Host on GitHub
- Generate API docs with YARD
- Create gem on RubyGems
- Announce to community
Keep documentation updated:
- Add examples as features develop
- Update troubleshooting with common issues
- Expand API endpoint examples
- Document edge cases discovered
- Add performance benchmarks
- Include migration guides for versions