JsDoc produces no documentation and no errors about grunt-jsdoc

[krampstudio]

Please try to run the command produced in the debug. If the result is the same, this is an issue from jsdoc3 (it can be really capricious if something isn't well defined).

[crfroehlich]

Running the jsdoc command produces the same output. It sounds like I'll have to keep digging.

[Update]

I did continue on to npm install jsdoc globally, so when I run jsdoc directly (as opposed to running from the grunt-jsdoc location ~node_modules\grunt-jsdoc\node_modules\jsdoc\jsdoc) with the --debug flag, I actually get the rhino debugger and can step through. It looks like the first problem is that jsdoc is looking for the 'plugins' folder at the root of my project (probably a red herring since it would normally look from the grunt-jsdoc relative path). Once removed, I can step through the entire execution without exception.

Further suggesting this is jsdoc's problem; but seems worth pointing out.

[crfroehlich]

Ok. After some deep soul googling, I think I'm finally on the path to yes. After starting from @darlingjs blog post Creation of JavaScript Documentation, which is what launched my journey; I found @jewelsjacobs post Finally got JsDocs working with Node in which she ultimately opted to settle for the older jsdoc-toolkit. Unsatisfied, I finally found post How I introduced JsDoc by Simon Williams.

The key appears to be using

/**
* @memberOf jQuery
*/

After doing so in a single file, a few of my methods began appearing in the output. Then the remaining problems became much more obvious, most critically--when using Object.defineProperty, you have to specify the @name decorator. By whatever means JsDoc is parsing the AST, it is not associating property/method names with their corresponding objects; since this is the only way I add new properties/methods--I didn't get any documentation.

I think this is problem solved for me.