mx-template-generator

NPM package that you can use to create your own template files

how to install

npm i mx-template-generator -global

#how to setup

1. create config file

• mx-template-generator supports nested folder structure
  • your config.js file can support multiple templates
    • NOTE: if --template is not given it will default to template

    module.exports = {
      template: {},
      template2: {},
      template3: {}
    }
    

  • scheme for folder :

    {
      name: '<FOLDER>',
      type: 'folder',
      files: []
    }
    

  • scheme for file:

    {
      name: '<FILENAME>',
      type: 'file',
      location: '<PATH OF THE FILE LOCATION FROM THE TEMPLATES>'
    }
    

• lib/templates/config.js ]

2. File Creation

• ${fileName} will be replaced by the filename supplied from the command --name

3. set the destination path of config

• locate settings.json inside the npm package
• change it to the location the config.js is located

#how to use

1. open terminal or cmd
2. locate the directory where you want to create your files

• example: cd /Volumes/Passport/projects/sample-redux-toolkit/sampleApp/src/feature

3. write mx-template-generator --name="ADD YOUR FILENAME HERE"
4. npm package will automatically create the files from the config.js provided
5. the name of the folder will have the first letter in lowercase

• example: --name="SampleFolder" foldername will be sampleFolder

Commands

• mx-template-generate
  • used to execute the file creation
• --name
  • used to define the name, folder and class name
• --template
  • used to specify the template to use
• --force
  • used to override file creation
• --debug
  • this will display console log messages
• --config
  • this will set the path of the config file given

  • NOTE:

    • this is only intended for local node project install not global
    • this will locate the root node project path and append the config path given

Others

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