Generate a starting point for a webtask.io service.
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Generate is a command line tool and developer framework for scaffolding out new GitHub projects using generators and tasks.
Answers to prompts and the user's environment can be used to determine the templates, directories, files and contents to build. Support for gulp, base and assemble plugins, and much more.
For more information:
Installing the CLI
To run the webtask generator from the command line, you'll need to install Generate globally first. You can do that now with the following command:
$ npm install --global generate
This adds the gen command to your system path, allowing it to be run from any directory.
Install generate-webtask
Install this module with the following command:
$ npm install --global generate-webtask
Run this generator's default task with the following command:
$ gen webtask
What you should see in the terminal
If completed successfully, you should see both starting and finished events in the terminal, like the following:
[00:44:21] starting ...
...
[00:44:22] finished ✔
If you do not see one or both of those events, please let us know about it.
To see a general help menu and available commands for Generate's CLI, run:
$ gen help
All available tasks.
Generate an index.js file to the current working directory with a simple webtask function. Learn how to [customize behavior(#customization) or override built-in templates.
Example
$ gen webtask:simple
Generate an index.js file to the current working directory with a webtask function with context. Learn how to [customize behavior(#customization) or override built-in templates.
Example
$ gen webtask:context
Generate an index.js file to the current working directory with a webtask function with full HTTP control. Learn how to [customize behavior(#customization) or override built-in templates.
Example
$ gen webtask:http
Alias for running the webtask task with the following command:
Example
$ gen webtask
Visit Generate's documentation for tasks.
The following files trees are automatically generated by a task in verbfile.js.
(See Generate's customization docs to learn how to override individual templates.)
Files generated by each task (e.g. dest files). See the Generate customization docs to learn how to override individual templates.
Note that diffs are base on comparisons against the files generated by the default task. Additionally, some tasks generate the same files, but with different contents (for example, the contents of index.js differs based on the task).
Files generated by the default task:
.
└── index.js
Files generated by the simple task:
.
└── index.js
Files generated by the context task:
.
└── index.js
Files generated by the http task:
.
└── index.js
The following trees represent the source files or templates that are used by each task. You'll see that most of the tasks use at least one "micro-generator" to generate a specific file.
Source files and/or libraries used by the default task:
.
└─┬ templates
└── index_simple.js
Source files and/or libraries used by the simple task:
.
└─┬ templates
└── index_simple.js
Source files and/or libraries used by the context task:
.
└─┬ templates
└── index_context.js
Source files and/or libraries used by the http task:
.
└─┬ templates
└── index_http.js
It's never too early to begin running unit tests. When you're ready to get started, the following command will ensure the project's dependencies are installed then run all of the unit tests:
$ npm install && test
If you're tests are passing and you're ready to publish your project to npm, you can do that now with the following command:
Are you sure you're ready?!
$ npm publish
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Install dev dependencies:
$ npm install -d && npm test
Brian Woodward
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