Sculptr

Sculptr is a cli that allows users to build project scaffolding. When a user tells it to build a project, it asks them a set of questions, and based on their answer, it will write the correct project files. For example, if the user answered: Typescript, then, SCSS, It will write the code for a project using Typescript as a scripting language, and SCSS as a styling language.

Prerequisites

  • Npm
  • Github

Installation

Deno

$ deno install --unstable --allow-write --allow-read --allow-net --allow-run -n sculptr --allow-env -f https://deno.land/x/sculptr/mod.js

Build

Step 1:

  • Open the folder you want to build the project in
  • Run:
$ sculptr build <platform> <name> [options]

For example

$ sculptr build react my-new-app --typescript

This will make a my-new-app folder in the current working directory, and initialize the project there. You could also use:

It will then ask:

? Do you want use SCSS, Sass, or CSS? (YOUR_ANSWER)

In this demo, SCSS is selected. It will then output the following

Step 2:

sculptr:    Writing files...
sculptr:    Files written
sculptr:
sculptr:    Making an visual representation of the folder tree...
sculptr:    Tree created:
sculptr:
sculptr:    ├─ LICENSE
sculptr:    ├─ README.md
sculptr:    ├─ public
sculptr:    │  ├─ favicon.ico
sculptr:    │  ├─ index.html
sculptr:    │  ├─ logo512.png
sculptr:    │  ├─ manifest.json
sculptr:    │  ├─ robots.txt
sculptr:    │  └─ logo192.png
sculptr:    ├─ .gitignore
sculptr:    ├─ package.json
sculptr:    ├─ tsconfig.json
sculptr:    └─ src
sculptr:       ├─ index.tsx
sculptr:       ├─ App.tsx
sculptr:       ├─ style
sculptr:       │  ├─ base.scss
sculptr:       │  ├─ abstracts
sculptr:       │  │  ├─ _variables.scss
sculptr:       │  │  ├─ _utils.scss
sculptr:       │  │  └─ _mixins.scss
sculptr:       │  ├─ base
sculptr:       │  │  └─ _reset.scss
sculptr:       │  └─ app.scss
sculptr:       ├─ react-app-env.d.ts
sculptr:
sculptr:    Installing dependencies...
sculptr:    Dependencies installed
sculptr:
sculptr:    Task completed
sculptr:      Project Name:  'my-new-app'
sculptr:      Username:      'YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME'
sculptr:
sculptr:    Built a new project with: React, Typescript, Scss
sculptr:
sculptr:    Prewritten scripts (in ./package.json):
sculptr:      start:  'react-scripts start',
sculptr:      build:  'react-scripts build',
sculptr:      test:   'react-scripts test',
sculptr:      eject:  'react-scripts eject'

How it works

Username

It gets the Username for the project by running git config --global --get user.name to get the user's github name. I chose this to keep the cli and user experience simple, and a lot of people have github.

Project Name

Sculptr gets the project name from the parent folder; ie. if it was building a project in: /Users/<USER>/Desktop/new-project/ it would read new-project as the project name.

Project Name/Username Usage

Sculptr uses the project name in the package.json file, and the README.md. It uses the Username in the package.json file (author), in the README.md, and the LICENSE file.

Arguments

  • <platform> The type of app that sculptr creates ('next', or 'react')
  • <name> The name of the app. Could be a directory or a word, if the value for "name" is "." it uses the parent folder's name, and initializes in the parent folder

Flags

  • --skip This skips installing node_modules and doesn't run npm i
  • --typescript, --ts This sets the script to typescript
  • --javascript, --js This sets the script to javascript
  • --scss This sets the style to scss
  • --sass This sets the style to sass
  • --css This sets the style to css

Add

Adds an asset to the current working directory

Accepted values:

  • tsconfig, tsc, or ts

Flags

  • --log Only log the file to the console instead of writing it
  • -S, --no-strict Uses less strict typescript settings
  • --next Writes a tsconfig that caters to nextjs projects
  • --react Writes a tsconfig that caters to react projects
  • --overwrite Overwrites the preexisting tsconfig if it exists
$ sculptr add tsconfig

Update/Use/Install

Updates sculptr to a given version (defaults to the latest)

$ sculptr update
$ sculptr use X.X.X
$ sculptr use latest
$ sculptr install X.X.X