egg-init

Init egg app helper tools.

Install

npm i egg-init -g
egg-init -h

Create a `simple` type application

egg-init --type simple [dest]

Or select a boilerplate by yourself

$ egg-init dest
? Please select a boilerplate type (Use arrow keys)
❯ simple - Simple egg app
  plugin - egg plugin

Command

Usage: egg-init [dir] --type=simple
Options:
  --type          boilerplate type                                                [string]
  --dir           target directory                                                [string]
  --force, -f     force to override directory                                     [boolean]
  --template      local path to boilerplate                                       [string]
  --package       boilerplate package name                                        [string]
  --registry, -r  npm registry, support china/npm/custom, default to auto detect  [string]
  --silent        don't ask, just use default value                               [boolean]
  --version       Show version number                                             [boolean]
  -h, --help      Show help                                                       [boolean]

Custom a boilerplate

We use npm package to manager boilerplate, you can follow this steps:

Create a new repo like egg-boilerplate-plugin
Put all files under boilerplate dir
Use egg-init --template=PATH to check
index.js can define variables which can be useed on template, like {{name}}, but \{{name}} will ignore.

module.exports = {
  name: {
    desc: 'package-name',
  },
  pluginName: {
    desc: 'plugin-name',
    default(vars) {
      return vars.name;
    },
    filter(v) {
      return 'egg-' + v;
    },
  },
  description: {
    desc: 'my best plugin',
  },
  author: {
    desc: 'author',
    default: 'eggjs team'
  },
};

Write unit test, see npm scripts at egg-boilerplate-simple
Add your package name to egg-init-config‘s package.json config.boilerplate property
Publish your package to npm