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Rails-inspired generator system that provides scaffolding for your apps
Yeoman Generator is a scaffolding tool for building web applications. It provides a powerful and flexible way to create and manage project templates, allowing developers to quickly set up new projects with a consistent structure and configuration.
Creating a Basic Generator
This feature allows you to create a basic Yeoman generator that copies a template file to the destination directory. The `copyTpl` method is used to process the template with provided data.
const Generator = require('yeoman-generator');
module.exports = class extends Generator {
writing() {
this.fs.copyTpl(
this.templatePath('index.html'),
this.destinationPath('index.html'),
{ title: 'Templated HTML' }
);
}
};
Prompting User Input
This feature allows you to prompt the user for input during the generator's execution. The `prompt` method is used to ask questions and store the answers.
const Generator = require('yeoman-generator');
module.exports = class extends Generator {
async prompting() {
this.answers = await this.prompt([{
type: 'input',
name: 'name',
message: 'Your project name',
default: this.appname // Default to current folder name
}]);
}
};
Composing with Other Generators
This feature allows you to compose your generator with other generators. The `composeWith` method is used to integrate another generator into your own.
const Generator = require('yeoman-generator');
module.exports = class extends Generator {
initializing() {
this.composeWith(require.resolve('generator-other/generators/app'));
}
};
Plop is a micro-generator framework that makes it easy to create code generators that are specific to your project. It is simpler and more lightweight compared to Yeoman Generator, focusing on generating files based on templates and user prompts.
Hygen is a fast and lightweight code generator that is designed to be easy to use and integrate into existing projects. It emphasizes simplicity and speed, making it a good alternative to Yeoman Generator for smaller or more focused tasks.
Slush is a scaffolding tool that uses Gulp for its build system. It allows you to create and run generators similar to Yeoman Generator but leverages the Gulp ecosystem for task automation and file manipulation.
Rails-inspired generator system that provides scaffolding for your apps
If you're interested in writing your own Yeoman generator we recommend reading the official getting started guide. The guide covers all the basics you need to get started.
A generator can be as complex as you want it to be. It can simply copy a bunch of boilerplate files, or it can be more advanced asking the user's preferences to scaffold a tailor made project. This decision is up to you.
The fastest way to get started is to use generator-generator, a Yeoman generator to generate a Yeoman generator.
After reading the getting started guide, you might want to read the code source or visit our API documentation for a list of all methods available.
See the debugging guide.
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Rails-inspired generator system that provides scaffolding for your apps
The npm package yeoman-generator receives a total of 709,560 weekly downloads. As such, yeoman-generator popularity was classified as popular.
We found that yeoman-generator demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 10 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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