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@vkontakte/create-vkui-app
Advanced tools
npx create-vkui-app <project-directory>
NPX allows you to always use the latest version of the package without a global installation.
Install the package globally via yarn
yarn global add create-vkui-app
and use as follows
create-vkui-app <project-directory>
This way is less recommended because you will have to update the package yourself.
--help
or -h
Prints the synopsis and a list of options
Inside the newly created project, you can run some built-in commands:
yarn start
Runs the app in development mode. Open http://localhost:8080 to view it in the browser.
The page will automatically reload if you make changes to the code. You will see the build errors and lint warnings in the console.
yarn run build
Builds the app for production to the build folder. It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build for the best performance.
The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.
Your app is ready to be deployed.
FAQs
Basic VKUI template app
We found that @vkontakte/create-vkui-app demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 19 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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