generate-node

generate-node

Generate a node.js project, with everything you need to begin writing code and easily publish the project to npm.

Install

Install globally with npm

$ npm install -g generate-node

CLI

Run the node generator from the command line:

$ gen node

Tasks

git

Runs the default task from generate-git to initialize a git repository. Also git adds and does first commit.

Example

$ gen node:git

mocha

Generate a mocha unit test file.

Example

$ gen node:mocha

npm

Install the latest devDependencies in package.json.

Example

$ gen node:npm

ask

Prompt the user and use answers as context in templates

Example

$ gen node:ask

tasks

Prompt the user to choose which tasks to run.

Example

$ gen node:tasks

files

Prompt the user to choose which files to write to disk.

Example

$ gen node:files

dest

Prompts the user for the dest to use. This is called by the default task.

Example

$ gen node:dest

prompt-mocha

Prompt to generate mocha unit tests. Runs the default task from generate-mocha.

Example

$ gen node:prompt-mocha

prompt-git

Prompt to initialize a git repository (also does git add and first commit). Runs the ask task from generate-git.

Example

$ gen node:prompt-git

prompt-npm

Prompt to install the latest devDependencies in package.json.

Example

$ gen node:prompt-npm

default

Runs the default task to generate complete a node.js project, with all of the necessary files included. Runs the prompt-mocha, prompt-npm, and prompt-git tasks as task-dependencies.

Example

$ gen node

API

To use this generator programmatically, as a plugin or sub-generator, you must first install the generator locally.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install generate-node

Usage

Then use in your project:

var node = require('generate-node');

Use as a plugin

In your generate project:

var generate = require('generate');
var app = generate();

app.use(node());

Use as a generator plugin

In your generate generator:

module.exports = function(app) {
  app.use(node());
};

Use as a sub-generator

In your generate generator:

module.exports = function(app) {
  // name the sub-generator whatever you want
  app.register('foo', require('generate-node'));
};

Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

• generate-git: Generator for initializing a git repository and adding first commit. | homepage
• generate-license: Generate a license file for a GitHub project. | homepage
• generate-mocha: Generate mocha test files. | homepage
• generate: Fast, composable, highly extendable project generator with a user-friendly and expressive API. | homepage

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Building docs

Generate readme and API documentation with verb:

$ npm install verb && npm run docs

Or, if verb is installed globally:

$ verb

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.

This file was generated by verb, v0.9.0, on April 26, 2016.