scaffold

Conventions and API for creating scaffolds that can by used by any build system or generator.

Quickstart

Install

Install with npm

$ npm i scaffold --save

Usage

Create a reusable scaffold from one or more templates or source files:

var Scaffold = require('scaffold');
var scaffold = new Scaffold('foo', {
  // `~` tildes expand to the user's home directory
  options: {cwd: '~/scaffolds'},
  src: ['**/component*'],
  dest: 'local/src/'
});

Returns a normalized configuration object that can easily be used by any build system or generator. The config object returned from the above example would look something like this:

{
  options: {
    cwd: '~/scaffolds'
  },
  files: [{
    name: 'foo'
    options: {cwd: '/Users/jonschlinkert/scaffolds'},
    src: ['/Users/jonschlinkert/scaffolds/scripts/component.js',
      '/Users/jonschlinkert/scaffolds/styles/component.css',
      '/Users/jonschlinkert/scaffolds/templates/component.hbs'
    ],
    dest: 'local/src/',
  }]
}

Table of contents

• Usage
• Examples
• API
• What is a scaffold?
• Related projects
• Test coverage
• Running tests
• Contributing
• Author
• License

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Usage

Create an instance of scaffold:

var Scaffold = require('scaffold');
var foo = new Scaffold('foo', {
  // config/options here  
});

Scaffold uses expand-target and expand-files as dependencies. Visit those projects for the full range of available features and options:

Examples

There are many different ways to create scaffolds, the possibilities are endless. The following are just a few random examples of what a scaffold could be, but don't be limited by my imagination!

Blog post

Create a scaffold for adding blog posts to a project:

var post = new Scaffold('post', {
  options: {cwd: 'scaffolds'},
  src: 'content/post.md', 
  dest: 'src/posts/'
});

UI components

Create a scaffold for adding UI components to a project:

var component = new Scaffold('component', {
  options: {cwd: 'scaffolds'},
  files: [
    {src: 'templates/component.hbs', dest: 'src/templates/'},
    {src: 'scripts/component.js', dest: 'src/scripts/'},
    {src: 'styles/component.css', dest: 'src/styles/'},
  ]
});

dotfiles

Create a scaffold for dotfiles to use when initializing new projects:

var dotfiles = new Scaffold('dotfiles', {
  // glob pattern for dotfiles
  src: ['templates/.*'],
  options: {
    // filter out `.DS_Store` files
    filter: function (fp) {
      return !/\.DS_Store/.test(fp);
    }
  }
});

API

Scaffold

Create a new Scaffold with the given name and config.

Params

• name {String}: The name of the scaffold.
• config {Object}: The scaffold's configuration object.

Example

var component = new Scaffold('component', {
  src: ['~/templates/*.js']
});

What is a scaffold?

Here is a quick reference comparing the difference between boilerplates, scaffolds and templates.

| type | description | | template | Resuable file, code or content which contains "placeholder" values that will eventually be replaced with real values by a rendering (template) engine | | scaffold | Consist of one or more templates or source files and serve as a "temporary support structure" that may be used at init, or throughout the duration of a project. | | boilerplate | Boilerplates consist of all of the necessary files required to initialize a complete project. |

Related projects

• assemble: Static site generator for Grunt.js, Yeoman and Node.js. Used by Zurb Foundation, Zurb Ink, H5BP/Effeckt,… more | homepage
• boilerplate: Easily create, share and use boilerplates for node.js and web projects. | homepage
• template: Render templates using any engine. Supports, layouts, pages, partials and custom template types. Use template… more | homepage

Test coverage

As of September 04, 2015:

Statements   : 100% (29/29)
Branches     : 100% (18/18)
Functions    : 100% (3/3)
Lines        : 100% (28/28)

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm i -d && gulp

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.

This file was generated by verb-cli on September 04, 2015.