Add basic documentation

fixes #12
hagenburger · Aug 21, 2018 · 1cf8fd0 · 1cf8fd0
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@@ -30,6 +30,156 @@ This project is as part of [LivingStyleGuide] chosen for the [RailsGirls Summer
 
 It’s part of the RailsGirls Summer of Code to [extend this Readme file](https://github.com/hagenburger/pimd/issues/12). This will be done when PIMD officially gets released. For now: **All functionality is documented in the tests** which you can find in the `tests` folder and `test.js` of each plugin found in `plugins/*`.
 
+---
+
+
+## Setup
+
+``` bash
+npm install --save pimd
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+### Render inline
+
+``` javascript
+const {Document} = require('pimd')
+const markdown = '# Headline'
+const doc = new Document(markdown)
+console.log(doc.render())
+```
+
+Result:
+
+``` html
+<h1>Headline</h1>
+```
+
+### Render document
+
+``` javascript
+const {Document} = require('pimd')
+const markdown = '# Headline'
+const doc = new Document(markdown)
+doc.renderDocument().then((html) => {
+  console.log(html)
+})
+```
+
+Result:
+
+``` html
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>Headline</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <h1>Headline</h1>
+  </body>
+</html>
+```
+
+
+## Plugins
+
+- [Add classes to code blocks or other elements](https://github.com/hagenburger/pimd/tree/master/plugins/classes#readme)
+- [Add an ID to code blocks or other elements](https://github.com/hagenburger/pimd/tree/master/plugins/ids#readme)
+- [Add an HTML preview to code blocks](https://github.com/hagenburger/pimd/tree/master/plugins/preview#readme)
+
+
+## Extending
+
+### Output generated data with JavaScript
+
+PIMD extends Markdown with Processing Instructions known from XML. This is complient with the [CommonMark specs].
+
+``` javascript
+const {Document} = require('pimd')
+const Config = require('pimd/lib/config')
+const markdown = '# Year <?year?>'
+
+const config = new Config()
+config.commands['year'] = () => new Date().getFullYear()
+
+const doc = new Document(markdown, config)
+console.log(doc.render())
+```
+
+Result:
+
+``` html
+<h1>Year 2018</h1>
+```
+
+
+### Accessing the DOM
+
+PIMD uses the [DOM] internally to provide a well-known API to its users.
+
+``` javascript
+const {Document} = require('pimd')
+const Config = require('pimd/lib/config')
+const markdown = '# Headline <?important?>'
+
+const config = new Config()
+config.commands['date'] = (context) => { context.element.style.background = 'yellow' }
+
+const doc = new Document(markdown, config)
+console.log(doc.render())
+```
+
+Result:
+
+``` html
+<h1 style="background: yellow">Headline</h1>
+```
+
+[DOM]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/DOM
+
+
+### Writing plugins
+
+``` javascript
+const {Document} = require('pimd')
+const Config = require('pimd/lib/config')
+
+const markdown = `
+~~~ html info="Hello world!"
+<p>Test</p>
+~~~
+`
+
+const myPlugin = function (config) {
+  config.addInfoStringParser(/info="(.+?)"/, function (match, string) {
+    const element = this.renderer.dom.window.document.createElement('div')
+    element.textContent = string
+    this.element.appendChild(element)
+  })
+}
+
+const config = new Config()
+config.use(myPlugin)
+
+const doc = new Document(markdown, config)
+console.log(doc.render())
+```
+
+Result:
+
+``` html
+<div class="pimd-example">
+  <div class="pimd-code">
+    <pre>
+      <code class="lang-html">
+        &lt;p&gt;Test&lt;/p&gt;
+      </code>
+    </pre>
+  </div>
+  <div>Hello world!</div>
+</div>
+```
+
 
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