README
now
Create projects from templates.
Usage
Install template for compatible packages like this:
npm init now papua --yes
--yes
avoids the prompt by npm
to install this package.
Options
npm init now npm-package-name [destination] [template]
The second argument can be used to describe the location where to place the project while the third describes the template to use. Both parameters are optional. If no location is provided the current directory will be used. If there is more than one template available for the package, but no template selected then a prompt will appear.
Example
Use TypeScript template and place result in /my-app
folder.
npm init now papua my-app typescript
Templates
The following npm packages provide templates to install with now
.
Convention
To configure your package to allow templates to be generated with this plugin you will need a /template
folder at the top level.
repository-root
│ README.md
│ package.json
└───template
│ package.json
└ index.js
If you want to provide several templates create a folder for each one inside /template
and now
will prompt the user which one to use. For this to work it's important that there are no other files located in the template root. If there is a default
named template available and the user has not selected a template to be used on invocation this one will be used without prompting.
repository-root
│ ...
└───template
├───javascript
│ │ package.json
│ └ index.js
│
├───typescript
│ │ package.json
│ │ index.ts
│ └ tsconfig.json
│
└───[default]
└ package.json
It's not necessary that the templates are published to npm as they will be downloaded from the git repository linked in the package.json
of the respective plugin.
Variables
Template files can be enhanced with static or user-defined variables. Use the EJS to place them in any of your files. Here is an example of a dynamic package.json
:
{
"name": "<%= name %>",
"description": "<%= description %>"
}
The variable contents need to be defined in a template.json
file at the top of your template. Variables are static and need to be defined in advance, while prompts are dynamic and will be prompted to the user when the template is generated. The syntax for prompts matches the npm package with the same name.
{
"variables": {
"name": "my-plugin"
},
"prompts": [
{
"name": "description"
}
]
}
Options
In the optional template.json
file you can add further options to configure the process.
{
"variables": {...},
"prompts": [...],
"noInstall": true,
"excludeTransform": ["index.html"]
}
noInstall
[false] prevents npm install even if dependencies or devDependencies found in package.json
excludeTransform
[none] template variables like <% whatever %>
will be ignored, only one's with <# here #>
will be replaced.
node Usage
import { create } from 'create-now'
await create('papua')
// Arguments two and three are optional.
// Will throw an error if there are several templates but none has been selected.
await create('padua', 'new-plugin', 'javascript')
// Use '.' for the second argument for current folder.
await create('papua', '.')