@blitzjs/generator

generator

This package houses all files related to Blitz codegen. In the main src directory you'll find the base generator class and a directory of generators that extend it. The subclasses aren't terribly interesting, most of the fun happens in the abstract parent class. Each generator may (depending on whether it's a net new addition or modifying existing files) have a corresponding template defined in the templates directory.

Creating a new generator requires a new Generator subclass inside of src/generators, and potentially a new template in templates if the generator generates net-new files. For templates, we use our own templating language. Each variable in a template surrounded by __ (e.g. __modelName__) will be replaced with the corresponding value in the object returned from Generator::getTemplateValues. This type of replacement works in filenames as well.