bystro

A CLI utility library for scaffolding code templates and boilerplates

Sometimes you can find yourself copypasting a whole folder of files which represents some component (f.e. React component) and then renaming filenames, variables, etc. to satisfy your needs. Bystro helps you to automate this process.

Install

$ npm install -D bystro

Usage

$ bystro <template_name> <path>

Note: You can alternatively run npx bystro <template_name> <path> without install step.

Arguments

<template_name> - Name of the template you want to scaffold.
<path>- Path to scaffold template in.

List of available templates can be found here

Creating a template

To create a local template start by making a .bystro directory in the current working directory:

$ mkdir .bystro

After that you can add templates:

$ mkdir .bystro/my_template
$ mkdir .bystro/my_template/__Name__
$ echo 'import "./__Name__.css";' > .bystro/my_template/__Name__.js
$ echo '// hello from __Name__' > .bystro/my_template/__Name__.css
$ touch .bystro/my_template/.templaterc

Configuration

.templaterc is required to tell bystro how to process it. To make the above template to work add the following to its .templaterc:

{
  "variablePrefix": "__",
  "variableSuffix": "__",
  "variables": [
    {
      "name": "Name",
      "description": "Component name"
    }
  ]
}

Scaffolding

To scaffold the above template run npx bystro my_template <path> and you'll be prompted to fill the variable values:

? Enter Name (Component name): MyComponent

And that's it. Goto <path> to view the scaffolded template tree:

|____MyComponent
| |____MyComponent.js
| |      import "./MyComponent.css";
| |____MyComponent.css
|        // hello from MyComponent

Publish

To make your template globally available just create a PR including your template in the templates folder.

Maintainers

• Nikita Streletss