What dynamic nature you want ? I think using yeoman is bad idea, we tried at work at is a huge dependency in terms of foot print and number of dependencies. We then learned that just using the inquirer npm package gave us what we wanted to create an interactive experience in the CLI
At least the first implementation I want to keep it simple, but you brought a good point about dynamic. I will update proposal, add that if user passed any of the optional arguments for create like app-id, app-name, or app-version they replace the ones in the template. I will double check with James to see if already implemented this in his current PR, if not then will added. It terms of dynamic I think after we get the first implementation out, I would like to enhance on top of it with allowing the template to have scripts that can run like before_create and after_create, then the template can specify this in the scripts object of the package.json and cordova cli just runs. This way template owner can run what ever they want even inquirer to ask questions to user for additional things to setup with the template. [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/inquirer On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 1:56 PM Parashuram N <panar...@microsoft.com> wrote: > ReactNative init does use yeoman - that is a good idea !! However, does > that mean that we need to depend on Yeoman also ? Does it make sense to > simply have a separate yeoman generator ? > > > > > On 11/12/15, 10:10 AM, "Gorkem Ercan" <gorkem.er...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >How about adding support for some more dynamic generation. > >Can we add yeoman as an option something like $cordova create myApp > >--template=yo:m > >to invoke the generator m ? > >-- > >Gorkem > > > >On 10 Nov 2015, at 19:52, Carlos Santana wrote: > > > >> Parashuram > >> > >> I would say that if they have "platforms" and "plugins" it's not > >> consider a > >> template, its consider a cordova project ready to be use no need to > >> run > >> create on it. > >> > >> As far as cp-from, it's doesn't copy much only www and config.xml, I > >> didn't > >> want to change it's behavior for backwards compatibility. I think it > >> will > >> be good to mark it deprecated for a certain period of time, > >> > > > >+1 for deprecating the copy-from. > > > >> > >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 5:19 PM Parashuram N <panar...@microsoft.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Yes, they would. However, there could be cases where folks would like > >>> to > >>> have templates that have changes stuff in platforms, or added custom > >>> plugins or hooks. I think that instead of adding extra code to > >>> prevent all > >>> these things, we keep things simple, and copy over everything. The > >>> templates can then decide what they want to do, and most of them will > >>> not > >>> bundle plugins or platforms. > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Steven Gill [mailto:stevengil...@gmail.com] > >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:16 PM > >>> To: dev@cordova.apache.org > >>> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] CLI Templates > >>> > >>> If the plugins and platforms are listed in config.xml, wouldn't they > >>> just > >>> get fetched on prepare? > >>> > >>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Parashuram N > >>> <panar...@microsoft.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I think it should copy platform and plugins folders, if those are a > >>>> part of the template. I think the guidance should be that most > >>>> templates should not include a platform or a plugin folder, but if > >>>> they do - for reasons like custom plugins, etc, then we should let > >>>> that happen. The only enhancement from --copy-from would be that we > >>>> also > >>> support npm and git URLs. > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Carlos Santana [mailto:csantan...@gmail.com] > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:26 PM > >>>> To: dev@cordova.apache.org > >>>> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] CLI Templates > >>>> > >>>> Parashuram > >>>> > >>>> The template doesn't any special structure, the current hello app in > >>>> npm is already a template > >>>> > >>>> Will add comment in PR about having fixtures in tests for different > >>>> uses cases with different type of templates > >>>> > >>>> The code copies everything except plugins and platforms directories, > >>>> maybe it needs some comments to make it more clear > >>>> > >>>> It should copy dot files like .gitignore, .editorconfig, .bowerrc > >>>> Very > >>>> important at least for me .gitignore, it helps when folks ask if > >>>> they > >>>> should ignore platforms and plugins from source control and the > >>>> answer > >>>> is always YES. If they are asking then it means they need the > >>>> advise. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 3:27 PM Parashuram N > >>>> <panar...@microsoft.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> +1 to the proposal. > >>>>> > >>>>> Is there a structure of a sample template ? Also, the code seems to > >>>>> copy everything from npm or the gitURL, though in the proposal you > >>>>> say that dot file and hooks/platforms should not be copies. Should > >>>>> we talk about that in the proposal too ? > >>>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: Raymond Camden [mailto:raymondcam...@gmail.com] > >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12:01 PM > >>>>> To: dev@cordova.apache.org > >>>>> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] CLI Templates > >>>>> > >>>>> Yeah, nothing to add here but +1. > >>>>> > >>>>> Oh, the only thing I'd add is that I wish there was a way to > >>>>> *permanently* set a template. I hate the default Cordova template > >>>>> (sorry > >>>>> ;) and would love to make the CLI always use my own particular > >>> template. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Ryan J. Salva > >>>>> <rsa...@microsoft.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> I love it! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> rjs > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Ryan J. Salva | Principal Program Manager Lead Visual Studio > >>>>>> Tools for Apache Cordova rsa...@microsoft.com > >>>>>> 206 612 5079 mobile > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>> From: Carlos Santana [mailto:csantan...@gmail.com] > >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 7:49 PM > >>>>>> To: dev@cordova.apache.org > >>>>>> Subject: [DISCUSS] CLI Templates > >>>>>> > >>>>>> From the Face2Face meeting updating the cordova cli to work with > >>>>>> templates sounded like a good feature to add to the CLI > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I finally got around to this and created the proposal and got > >>>>>> James > >>>>> Dubee from our team to take a stab at implementation. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> CLI-Template proposal [1] > >>>>>> > >>>>>> [1]: > >>>>>> https://github.com/cordova/cordova-discuss/blob/master/proposals/C > >>>>>> LI > >>>>>> -T > >>>>>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=emplates.md&dat > >>>>>> a= > >>>>>> 01%7c01%7cpanarasi%40microsoft.com%7ce586e8f64dae4418c1b708d2ea158 > >>>>>> 9e > >>>>>> d%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=kctEUezjtECUIvZQcih > >>>>>> bu > >>>>>> uydWn7HfTJO8c7W0LTz98U%3d > >>>>>> > >>>>>> --Carlos > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> ==================================================================== > >>>>> == ===== Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > >>>>> > >>>>> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com > >>>>> Blog : > >>>>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.raymondcamden > >>>>> .c > >>>>> om&data=01%7c01%7cpanarasi%40microsoft.com%7c92e5feab0e524d2dbc8008d > >>>>> 2e > >>>>> a09af88%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=xMtq2oC%2b%2b%2 > >>>>> fB > >>>>> bNlOcIKlStSkgUUuiGDKbq7KuNMHLiVU%3d > >>>>> Twitter: raymondcamden > >>>>> > >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > >For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > >
