Genr8

Genr8 is a DIY generator written in Bash. Use it to help you generate boilerplate for your applications.

Installation

1. Clone the repo anywhere on your machine
   • Note If you want to be able to create your own generators and merge upstream updates, fork and clone the repo.
2. Create a symlink with ln -s /path/to/genr8/index.sh /usr/local/bin/genr8
3. Make the linked file executable with chmod +x /usr/local/bin/genr8

The Express Generator

Genr8 comes with a single generator for Express applications.

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Genr8
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Please specify a generator from the list:
 express

Running the Generator

Running $ genr8 express will start the generator. It will create boilerplate files and folders for an Express application with Handlebars as the view engine.

Generated Files and Folders

Here is a quick outline of what the generator creates and the purpose in mind for each file and folder.

• config/ - A place to put config files for connecting to databases etc...
• helpers/ - A directory in which files suffixed with _helper.js will be automatically loaded. Helper functions in these files will be available in views. Comes with some common helpers out of the box
• lib/ - Put your own libraries here
• models/ - Model files and folders
• public/ - Express uses this folder to serve static assets
• routers/ - Router files go here
• views/ - A place to put view templates. Comes populated with a default layout, welcome page and 500 error page
• .gitignore - Ignores node_modules/ and npm-debug.log by default. Add files for Git to ignore here
• app.js - The main Express application file
• repl.js - A REPL for you to test drive your code. Require modules, libraries etc... here to play around and test them out

Creating Generators

If you wish to create a generator:

1. Create a folder in the genr8/ directory
2. Add an index.sh file in which to put the commands/script for your generator
3. Run $ genr8 and you should see the name of that folder added to the list of available generators

Open the express/ folder to see an example of how a generator is created.

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Genr8
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Please specify a generator from the list:
 express
 my_awesome_generator

NOTE when creating your own generators with a symlinked executable you'll need to get the path to the original genr8/ folder to access your boilerplate. You can do so with:

# /usr/local/bin/genr8

DIR=$(dirname $(readlink $(which genr8)))
#=> /path/to/cloned/genr8/repo/

TODOs [Unreleased]

• Add Express JSON API generator for API only back-end
• Add helpers similar to Rails http://api.rubyonrails.org/ for the following:
  • Asset tag/URL helpers
  • Date
  • Debug
  • Number
  • Sanitize
  • Text
• Tests for generated application (Mocha or Jasmine)
• Add AngularJS 1.x generator

License

Copyright 2017 Chris Scavello bideowego@gmail.com

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