Handy Node.js command line application to manage templates and boilerplates.
npm install bootstrapperBootstrapper is handy Node.js command line application to manage templates and boilerplates.
Bootstrapper stores user-defined templates in its template folder where they are always available every time they are needed.
The semantic of the tool is very simple.
Show help information:
mmarcon@wallace$ bootstrapper help
List all the available templates:
mmarcon@wallace$ bootstrapper list
* Just another template [My new test template for bootstrapper, Created by Massimiliano Marcon on 14/04/2012]
* My new test template [Hello, Created by mmarcon on 14/04/2012]
* Nokia Maps boilerplate app [A boilerplate to build a map-based application using the Nokia Maps API, Created by Massimiliano Marcon on 14/04/2012]
Create an empty template (the tool requests some information on the new template):
mmarcon@wallace$ bootstrapper generate
Add a template to the template database:
mmarcon@wallace$ bootstrapper add path/to/template_directory
Remove a template from the template database:
mmarcon@wallace$ bootstrapper remove "Template Name"
Use a template (creates a new folder containing the template files):
mmarcon@wallace$ bootstrapper use
$HOME/.bootstrapper.The directory contains a log folder (currently unused) and a templates folder where all the templates are stored. The structure of a template is very simple:
- template_name_lowercase
|- template.json
|- some_other_template.file
|- some_subfolder
template.json is just a little JSON file that contains name, description, author and creation date for the template.