DocFX for .NET | Build API Docs and a Full Documentation Site

Published 12/03/2026

Description

Learn how to go from a blank DocFX setup to a complete documentation website for your .NET code and Markdown articles. DocFX can generate API reference documentation from .NET projects and combine that output with Markdown content into a static HTML site. In this video, I walk through the full DocFX workflow: initial setup, connecting a small .NET library, configuring docfx.json, adding article pages, building the site, and previewing everything locally. DocFX documents the metadata step for generating .NET API YAML files and the build step for converting YAML and Markdown into the final website. 0:00 - Introduction 0:14 - Description 1:40 - Initial Setup 3:19 - Configuration 7:39 - Build & Service 10:04 - Result 10:58 - Conclusion What you’ll see in this video: How to start a DocFX project and connect it to a .NET library for real API docs. DocFX’s quick start describes creating a new website project and generating output from .NET sources. How docfx.json is structured. DocFX’s .NET API docs show that the metadata section drives API extraction and the build section drives site generation. How to mix API docs with conceptual pages. DocFX supports Markdown content and converts it during the build step alongside generated API content. How to organize articles and navigation with files like toc.md. Your described article structure fits the way DocFX builds documentation sets from Markdown and API metadata into a browsable static site. How to build and preview locally. DocFX documents that you can append --serve to preview the final output with a local web server. This walkthrough is useful if you want searchable, reusable technical documentation without hand-writing HTML from scratch. YouTube also recommends using unique descriptions and placing 1–2 main keywords prominently in the title and description, so the metadata should stay focused on DocFX, .NET, API docs, and Markdown. #DocFX #DotNet #Documentation Follow me on X: https://l.sama