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Complete ComfyUI Custom Node Development Documentation

Overview

This PR completes the comprehensive enhancement of ComfyUI custom node development documentation, including both Chinese and English versions, focusing on backend (Python) and frontend (JavaScript) documentation improvements.

Major Changes

Chinese Documentation Completion

  • Enhanced tips.mdx: Complete development lifecycle, debugging techniques, performance optimization, and best practices
  • Expanded datatypes.mdx: Detailed LATENT datatype explanation, channel counts for different SD models, complete additional parameters list
  • Fixed javascript_hooks.mdx: Added proper apiUpdateHandlers links and explanations
  • Completed server_overview.mdx: Added correct documentation links for dynamic INPUT_TYPES
  • Significantly expanded snippets.mdx: Model operations, conditioning processing, batch operations, device and memory management
  • Greatly enhanced javascript_examples.mdx: Custom widgets, node communication, advanced UI customization, workflow operations
  • Improved workflow_templates.mdx: Best practices, multilingual support, automated workflow generation

English Documentation Completion

  • Enhanced tips.mdx: Complete development lifecycle, debugging techniques, performance optimization, and best practices
  • Expanded snippets.mdx: Modern node implementations using ComfyNodeABC, advanced patterns, model operations, and batch processing
  • Significantly enhanced javascript_examples.mdx: Custom widgets (slider, file upload), server-client communication, advanced UI customization, workflow operations
  • Addressed all TODO comments: In datatypes.mdx, javascript_hooks.mdx, server_overview.mdx, and javascript_objects_and_hijacking.mdx
  • Added comprehensive localization.mdx: Complete internationalization guide with backend and frontend integration
  • Fixed remaining links: Updated all placeholder links and TODO comments with proper documentation references

New Features

  • Localization Support Documentation: Created complete localization.mdx documentation including backend and frontend internationalization implementation
  • Modern Node Patterns: Modern node implementation examples using ComfyNodeABC base class and type annotations
  • Advanced JavaScript Patterns: Custom widgets, real-time communication, batch operations and other advanced frontend features
  • Performance Optimization Guide: Memory management, device conversion, batch processing optimization and other best practices

Technical Improvements

Backend

  • All TODO comments replaced with specific technical content
  • Added numerous practical code examples based on ComfyUI source code
  • Provided complete development lifecycle guidance
  • Included performance optimization and debugging techniques
  • Covered all development scenarios from basic to advanced

Frontend

  • Complete custom widget implementation examples
  • Server-client communication patterns
  • Advanced UI customization techniques
  • Workflow automation operations
  • Batch node operation functionality

Internationalization

  • Complete localization file structure guide
  • Backend translation loading and usage
  • Frontend dynamic language switching
  • Performance optimization and best practices

Verification

  • All documentation content based on ComfyUI and ComfyUI_frontend source code
  • Code examples verified to comply with current ComfyUI API and patterns
  • Chinese and English terminology maintained for consistency, accurate technical expression
  • Documentation structure follows existing docs.json configuration
  • All TODO comments replaced with complete technical content

Impact

These changes will significantly improve the ComfyUI custom node development experience for both Chinese and English developers, providing:

  • Complete development guidance and best practices
  • Rich code examples and templates
  • Practical debugging and optimization techniques
  • Comprehensive technical reference documentation
  • Complete internationalization support guide

Link to Devin run: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/a2dbd25589ef4c538f02a51f496e0305

- Complete tips.mdx with comprehensive development lifecycle, debugging, performance optimization, best practices, testing strategies, and common pitfalls
- Fill in TODO comments in datatypes.mdx with detailed information about LATENT data types, model data types (MODEL, CLIP, VAE, CONDITIONING), and complete additional parameters list
- Add missing links in javascript_hooks.mdx and explain beforeRegisterNodeDef behavior
- Complete server_overview.mdx missing link for dynamic INPUT_TYPES
- Enhance snippets.mdx with comprehensive examples for model operations, conditioning processing, batch operations, and memory management
- Expand javascript_examples.mdx with advanced examples for custom widgets, node communication, UI customization, and workflow operations
- Complete workflow_templates.mdx with best practices, validation strategies, automation scripts, and community features

All major TODO comments and placeholder content have been addressed with practical, actionable information for Chinese developers.

Co-Authored-By: Zhixiong Lin <[email protected]>
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devin-ai-integration bot and others added 4 commits June 20, 2025 03:40
- Modern node type definitions with ComfyNodeABC and type annotations
- Virtual node implementations (Note, Markdown nodes)
- Advanced primitive node patterns with widget conversion
- Complex image processing nodes (mask composition, feathering)
- High-performance batch processing with memory optimization
- Async processing nodes with timeout and callback support
- Advanced custom widgets (color picker, range slider)
- Complete node lifecycle management with statistics
- All examples based on actual ComfyUI/ComfyUI_frontend source code

Co-Authored-By: Zhixiong Lin <[email protected]>
- Complete backend localization with file structure examples
- Frontend i18n integration with dynamic language switching
- Translation file formats (main.json, commands.json, settings.json)
- Localization manager and utility classes
- Automatic translation template generation tools
- Best practices for multi-language custom node development
- Based on ComfyUI CustomNodeManager.build_translations() implementation

Co-Authored-By: Zhixiong Lin <[email protected]>
- Enhanced tips.mdx with complete development lifecycle, debugging, and best practices
- Expanded snippets.mdx with modern node implementations and advanced patterns
- Significantly enhanced javascript_examples.mdx with custom widgets and advanced UI
- Addressed all TODO comments in datatypes.mdx, javascript_hooks.mdx, server_overview.mdx
- Added comprehensive localization.mdx with full i18n implementation guide
- Fixed remaining TODO comment in javascript_objects_and_hijacking.mdx
- English docs now match Chinese documentation depth and technical quality

Co-Authored-By: Zhixiong Lin <[email protected]>
- Update zh-CN javascript_objects_and_hijacking.mdx to match English version
- Add comprehensive zh-CN localization.mdx documentation
- Ensure Chinese docs maintain same technical depth as English versions

Co-Authored-By: Zhixiong Lin <[email protected]>
@devin-ai-integration devin-ai-integration bot changed the title 补全 ComfyUI 中文自定义节点开发文档 Complete ComfyUI Custom Node Development Documentation Jun 20, 2025
@comfyui-wiki comfyui-wiki changed the base branch from main to Update-development-docs June 20, 2025 06:57
@comfyui-wiki comfyui-wiki merged commit 6c65b7d into Update-development-docs Jun 20, 2025
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