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Gimme Boilerplate: The Boilerplate Generator

Gimme Boilerplate: The Boilerplate Generator

Adithya Sreyaj

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Gimme Boilerplate is a code boilerplate generator for Node and Angular applications which tries to include some of the best practices for bootstrapping a project.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Gimme Boilerplate

Gimme Boilerplate

Gimme Boilerplate is an extension that will enable you to create the basic boilerplate for the following projects:

  1. For your Node Express Porject
  2. NPM Package Project

Using the Extensions

Search for the extension in VSCode and Install it. You can start using the extension from the Command Pallette (Ctrl + Shift + P).

Usage

Try out the following commands:

  • Create Node Express Project - Creates a Node Express project for your with all the necessary files and folders.
  • Create a NPM Package Project - Create the boilerplate for starting an NPM Package.

How to Use

Features for Node Express Boilerplate

  • Fully in Typescript
  • Scalable Folder Structure
  • Test configurations added (Jest).
  • Works out of the box.
  • Logging with Winston and Morgan
  • .env file for configurations
  • Scripts added in Package.json
  • Readme template

Features for NPM Package Boilerplate

  • Fully in Typescript
  • Simple Folder Structure
  • Test configurations added (Jest).
  • Works out of the box.
  • Scripts added in Package.json
  • Readme template
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