Boil the plate!

[bzurkowski]

Some time ago I created a Python tool (Boil) for bootstraping projects in various technologies (languages, frameworks).

First, you search for available (boiler)plates:

➜  $ boil list
Available plates:
ansible_role            license                 python_script
bash_script             python_package          ruby_gem

➜  $ boil search python
Found plates (2):
python_package          python_script

Then, fill in some variables:

➜  $ boil new python_package
Initializing new Python package.
Package name [e.g. fancy_package]:
fancy_package
Description [e.g. Super fancy package]:
Some fancy stuff
Url [e.g. https://github.com/username/package_name]:
https://github.com/bzurkowski/fancy_package
License [MIT]:
Apache License 2.0
Author [e.g. John Smith]:
Just me
Done!

You get complete package structure with proper module names, basic test environment, linter, exception class etc.:

➜ $ tree fancy_package
fancy_package
├── MANIFEST.in
├── README.md
├── README.rst
├── fancy_package
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── exceptions.py
├── requirements.txt
├── setup.py
├── test-requirements.txt
├── tests
│   ├── integration
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   └── test_example.py
│   └── unit
│       ├── __init__.py
│       └── test_example.py
└── tox.ini

The tool is based on Jinja templates like this one.

I wonder if I could use your code as a plate in my project. With Node.js support it could help you too! 😉

[sindresorhus]

Nice work. While it's not something I would personally use, feel free to use the boilerplate contents here as you please.