IBM Core Node Express Generator

Pre-requisites

Install Yeoman

npm install -g yo

Installation

bash npm install -g generator-ibm-core-node-express

Usage

Following command line arguments are supported

• --bluemix='{"name":"<project-name>","backendPlatform":"NODE"}'.
• You will need at least a name and backendPlatform to run it locally.
• You can alternatively supply a local file containing compatible JSON object by using --bluemix file:path/to/file.json

Development

Clone this repository and link it via npm

git clone https://github.com/ibm-developer/generator-ibm-core-node-express
cd generator-ibm-core-node-express
npm link

In a separate directory invoke the generator via

yo ibm-core-node-express --bluemix='{"name":"<project-name>","backendPlatform":"NODE"}'  

Publishing Changes

In order to publish changes, you will need to fork the repository or ask to join the ibm-developer org and branch off the master branch.

Make sure to follow the conventional commit specification before contributing. To help you with commit a commit template is provide. Run config.sh to initialize the commit template to your .git/config.

Once you are finished with your changes, run npm test to make sure all tests pass.

Do a pull request against master, make sure the build passes. A team member will review and merge your pull request. Once merged to master one pull request will be created against master. Make sure that the CHANGELOG.md and the package.json is correct before merging the auto generated pull request. After the autogenerated pull request has been merged to master the version will be bumped and published to npm.