Node.js Command Line Application

Simple CLI to create project from predefined templates

• Node.js Command Line Application
  • Usages
  • Available Templates
  • How it works
  • Creating your own CLI with nodejs
  • Build and Publish

Usages

npx dev-sr # for first time
npx dev-sr@latest # if already executed 'npx dev-sr' before

# or
npm i dev-sr
dev-sr

Install Locally:

Copy git repo then,

yarn build
npm link

Available Templates

• electron.js with react,typescript,vite,tailwindCSS
• vanilla typescript
• javaFX with Maven
• next.js with typescript, tailwindCSS
• Create React App with typescript, tailwindCSS,vite,eslint,prettier
• next-fullstack with typescript, tailwindCSS,vite,eslint,prettier,mantine UI ,prisma and next-auth

How it works

Creating your own CLI with nodejs

index.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

console.log( "Hello!" );

The first line that begins with #! is usually called a shebang. This is normally only used on Linux or UNIX operating systems to inform the system what type of script is included in the rest of the text file. However, this first line is also required for Node.js scripts to be installed and run properly on macOS and Windows.

package.json

Add a new key for bin with the following text.

{
 "name": "cli",
 "version": "1.0.0",
 "description": "",
 "main": "index.js",
 "scripts": {},
 "keywords": [],
 "bin": {
  "hello": "index.js"
 }
}

At this point, you can run the script just like any other Node.js application. Try entering the following from the command line.

node .

However, the goal of writing a script like this is to be able to run it from anywhere. You can do that with the npm install command.

npm install -g .
# or
npm link

You can now run your script by typing hello at the command line!

hello

You can list all globally installed Node.js modules using:

npm ls -g --depth=0.

To uninstall your script, run the following command.

npm uninstall -g cli

Build and Publish

build before publish

"scripts": {
  "dev": "ts-node src/index.ts",
  "build": "tsc",
  "prepublish": "yarn build"
},

Publish to npm:

yarn publish