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@telus/create-platform
Advanced tools
To use this package, do not install it.
Run:
npm init @telus/platform
To make use of this, you must be a member of the TELUS Github org.
This package uses a lesser known npm init
feature to provide a quick start wizard for @telus/platform.
The wizard performs the following steps:
.npmrc
with the necessary configuration for install and use @telus/platform.
.npmrc
are presented and confirmation is asked for before making changes.npmrc
fileMIT
FAQs
Quick start wizard for @telus/platform
We found that @telus/create-platform demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 20 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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