Node Scaffold

Quick scaffolding on several frameworks!

Installation

$ npm install node-scaffold -g

Description

v0.1.3 Fixed format bug.

I'll add another more options later!

Working:

• ✓ Generate models
• ✓ Generate controllers
• ✓ Generate views
• ✓ Generate application
• ✓ Inflection working (in English)

Quick Usage

You will need to create a file to place your scaffold (shell also in future).

Here is a sample of this file:

scaffold.json

/* SAMPLE */
 
{
    "models": [
        {
            "name": "Person", // always singular!
            "crud": true,
            "fields": [
                { "name": "name", "type": "String" },
                { "name": "username", "type": "String", "unique": true },
                { "name": "password", "type": "String" },
                { "name": "age", "type": "Number" },
                {
                    "name": "Car", // always singular!
                    "type": "Json",
                    "content": [
                        { "name": "model", "type": "String" },
                        { "name": "color", "type": "Number" }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
 

After that, you need to create a file where you want to scaffold:

scaffold.js

require('node-scaffold').exec();

Now, just execute it!

$ node scaffold.js --file /path/to/scaffold.json

Remeber to install all dependencies!

$ sudo npm install

Now you just need to test your routes! In this example:

node app.js
 
curl http://localhost:3000/user
curl http://localhost:3000/car

To see other usage options (very limited at the moment), just

$ node scaffold.js --help
 
Usage: node xx.js [options argument]
 
Options:
  -h,  --http-framework name  Http framework to use (default: express).
  -de, --db-engine name       DB engine to use (default: mongodb).
  -df, --db-framework name    DB framework to use (default: mongoose).
  -f,  --file filepath        File to read (required).
  -F,  --force-overwrite      Force overwrite of existing files.
 
Example:
  node scaffold.js --file data.json
 
Documentation can be found at http://github.com/mauriciogior/node-scaffold

Having problems?

If you have problems like "cannot find module 'node-scaffold'", probably your NODE_PATH is wrong!

In mac:

$ export NODE_PATH=/usr/local/lib/node_modules

In linux: you can handle it :)

TODO List

• Add relationships between models
• Use EJS for templating (intern)
• Accept other http frameworks (besides express)
• Accept other db engines (besides mongodb)
• Accept other db frameworks (besides mongoose)
• Accept other layout engine (besides jade)
• Allow shell scaffolding