yeoman-environment

What is yeoman-environment?

The yeoman-environment npm package is a robust tool for managing the lifecycle and execution of Yeoman generators. It provides a powerful API to handle the environment in which generators run, making it easier to create, run, and manage generators.

What are yeoman-environment's main functionalities?

Creating a new environment

This feature allows you to create a new Yeoman environment instance. The environment is responsible for running the generators and managing their lifecycle.

const yeoman = require('yeoman-environment');
const env = yeoman.createEnv();

Registering a generator

This feature allows you to register a generator with a specific namespace. The generator can then be run using this namespace.

env.register(require.resolve('generator-name'), 'namespace');

Running a generator

This feature allows you to run a registered generator by its namespace. You can also pass options and a callback function to be executed once the generator has finished running.

env.run('namespace', options, done);

Resolving a generator

This feature allows you to resolve a generator by its namespace. This can be useful if you need to interact with the generator programmatically.

const Generator = env.get('namespace');

Other packages similar to yeoman-environment

yeoman-generator

The yeoman-generator package provides the base class for creating Yeoman generators. While yeoman-environment focuses on managing the environment and lifecycle of generators, yeoman-generator is used to define the generators themselves.

plop

Plop is a micro-generator framework that allows you to create and run generators. It is similar to yeoman-environment in that it helps manage the lifecycle of generators, but it is generally considered to be simpler and more lightweight.

hygen

Hygen is a code generator tool that focuses on being fast and easy to use. It provides a different approach to code generation compared to yeoman-environment, with a focus on simplicity and speed.

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Yeoman Environment

Handles the lifecycle and bootstrapping of generators in a specific environment

It provides a high-level API to discover, create and run generators, as well as further tuning of where and how a generator is resolved.

Install

$ npm install yeoman-environment

Usage

Full documentation available here.

const yeoman = require('yeoman-environment');
const env = yeoman.createEnv();

// The #lookup() method will search the user computer for installed generators
// The search if done from the current working directory
env.lookup(() => {
  env.run('angular', {'skip-install': true}, err => {
    console.log('done');
  });
});

For advance usage, see our API documentation.

License

BSD-2-Clause © Yeoman