Yeoman generator

A short talk about Yeoman generator

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1. Yeoman generator How to create a custom scaffolding tool
2. About me
3. Outline • Yeoman • Generators • Yo generator-generator • Demo • Considerations • Q&A
4. Yeoman • Scaffolding tool • Task runner • Package management
5. Yeoman - Yo • Application start up • Build configuration • Generators
6. Yeoman - Task runner • Grunt vs Gulp • Automation • Tasks ◦ Build ◦ Test
7. Yeoman - Package Managment • bower vs npm ◦ frontend dependencies ◦ dev dependencies
8. Generators
9. Generators • It’s a node module • Setup ◦ package.json ◦ npm init • Customization ◦ override Base class ◦ extends() with a constructor() • Run ◦ npm link ◦ yo generator-name [args]
10. Yo generator-generator • Install ◦ npm i generator-generator -g • 2 simple commands ◦ yo generator ◦ yo generator:subgenerator <name>
11. It’s demo time!
12. Considerations PROs • DRY • Error prevention • Enanhce automation CONs • Scaffolding-only purpose
13. Questions?
14. valeriocomo Thank you!| @valeriocomo valeriocomo@gmail.com http://www.valeriocomo.com
15. References • http://yeoman.io/ • http://yeoman.io/authoring/ • https://github.com/yeoman/generator-generator/ • http://goo.gl/5L0wuY