😽🪄 File Fairy

If you're tired of constantly creating the same files and folders, or you are creating too much boilerplate code, this package will save you time!

You can use default templates with options or create your own.

Install

You have several options:

1. Install in your project
   • run npm install file-fairy -D
   • add ff.config.json in the root folder of your project, if you want to customize the package
2. Global install
   • run npm install file-fairy -g
   • add ff.config.json in the root folder of your project, if you want to customize the package
3. Installation in a project with a non-frontend stack
   • be sure that you are using node.js higher than 16 version
   • run npm install file-fairy -g
   • be sure to add ff.config.json in the root folder of your project

Using default templates

Use this command in the terminal: ff g {alias} {path} --{options} for generate default template, where

• alias - a name of template
• path - path to the creating file
• options - options for this template

E.g.: ff g rct ./src/components/SomeComponent --nost - Will create react typescript component without style file

Read more about options for templates on their pages:

• React Typescript component ff g rct ./src/components/SomeComponent
• React Typescript hook ff g rht ./src/components/useSomeHook
• Arrow Typescript function ff g aft ./src/components/someFunction
• React component ff g rc ./src/components/SomeComponent
• React hook ff g rh ./src/components/useSomeHook
• Arrow function ff g af ./src/components/someFunction

Creating custom templates

1. Create .ff-templates folder in your project (or with your name, see config file options)
2. Create a new folder for template (a folder name doesn't matter)
3. Add templates using handlebars
4. Add config.json file with contract
5. Use ff gc {alias} {path} --{options} for generate your template, where
   • alias - your shortcut from config-json
   • path - path to the creating file
   • options - options for this template

E.g.: ff gc my-temp ./src/Test --myVar=hello --skipTest - Will create your template with options

We can use the next helpers in template:

1. uppercaseFirstLetter - makes the first letter uppercase
2. lowercaseFirstLetter - makes the first letter lowercase 3 toCamelCase - transform text to camel case 4 name - this name of your file from cli command. E.g. ff gc my-temp ./src/MyCustomComponent name will be equal MyCustomComponent 5 vars - this object with your options from cli command. E.g. ff gc my-temp ./src/Test --myVar=hello --skipTest vars will be equal

   {
     "myVar": "hello",
     "skipTest": true
   }

   We can use your variables for options in templates.

See full custom template example

Config file options

You can create ff.config.json with following options:

• custom-templates-folder - set another folder with your custom templates (instead of .ff-templates)
• templates (and then component-name) - set options for default templates, they'll apply to every generate. Read more on the doc page for each template

  {
   "custom-templates-folder": "my-template-folder",
   "templates": {
      "react-ts-component": {
         "rewriteFiles": [],
         "useTypesInComponent": true
      }
   }
}

CLI commands

• ff g {alias} {path} --{options} - generate default template with options
• ff gc {alias} {path} - generate your custom template
  • ff gc {alias} {path} --KEY=VALUE - generate template with your variables, they'll be added to the templates
• ff version or -v - show version

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