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Conventions and API for creating declarative configuration objects for project scaffolds - similar in format to a grunt task, but more portable, generic and can be used by any build system or generator - even gulp.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save scaffold

What is a scaffold? | gulp-scaffold-example

The following scaffold expands into a configuration object that can be passed to gulp, grunt, assemble, metalsmith, or even yeoman for scaffolding out various parts of a blog or site (like adding a new post, UI component, etc):

var Scaffold = require('scaffold');
var scaffold = new Scaffold({
  posts: {
    src: 'templates/post.md',
    dest: 'blog/' 
  },
  components: {
    cwd: 'content',
    src: ['templates/*.hbs'],
    dest: 'blog/'
  }  
});

Example result

The above scaffold might expand into something like the following:

{
  options: {},
  blog: {
    options: {cwd: 'blog'},
    files: [
      {
        src: ['content/post.md', 'content/about.md'],
        dest: 'src/posts/'
      },
      {
        src: ['data/ipsum.json'],
        dest: 'src/data/'
      }
    ]
  },
  components: {
    options: {cwd: 'ui'},
    files: [
      {
        options: {cwd: 'templates/layouts'},
        src: ['default.hbs', '3-column.hbs'],
        dest: 'src/templates/layouts'
      },
      {
        options: {cwd: 'templates/components'},
        src: ['button.hbs', 'modal.hbs', 'navbar.hbs'],
        dest: 'src/templates/partials'
      },
      {
        src: ['scripts/button.js'],
        dest: 'src/assets/js/'
      },
      {
        src: ['data/ipsum.json'],
        dest: 'src/assets/data/'
      }
    ]
  }
}

Since we're just creating an object (with zero application logic), anything can obviously be extended, overridden, etc.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save scaffold

Usage

Create an instance of scaffold:

var Scaffold = require('scaffold');
var foo = new Scaffold({
  // 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

The following are just a few random examples of what a scaffold could be, but there are many more use cases.

Blog posts

Create a scaffold for adding blog posts to a project:

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

UI components

Create a scaffold for adding UI components to a project:

var components = new Scaffold({
  foo: {
    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/'},
    ]
  }
});

API

Scaffold

Create a new Scaffold with the given options

Params

Example

var scaffold = new Scaffold({cwd: 'src'});
scaffold.addTargets({
  site: {src: ['*.hbs']},
  blog: {src: ['*.md']}
});

.isScaffold

Static method, returns true if the given value is an instance of Scaffold or appears to be a valid scaffold configuration object.

Params

Example

Scaffold.isScaffold({});
//=> false

var blog = new Scaffold({
  post: {
    src: 'content/post.md',
    dest: 'src/posts/'
  }
});
Scaffold.isScaffold(blog);
//=> true

.addTargets

Add targets to the scaffold, while also normalizing src-dest mappings and expanding glob patterns in each target.

Params

Example

scaffold.addTargets({
  site: {src: '*.hbs', dest: 'templates/'},
  docs: {src: '*.md', dest: 'content/'}
});

.addTarget

Add a single target to the scaffold, while also normalizing src-dest mappings and expanding glob patterns in the target.

Params

Example

scaffold.addTarget('foo', {
  src: 'templates/*.hbs',
  dest: 'site'
});

// other configurations are possible
scaffold.addTarget('foo', {
  options: {cwd: 'templates'}
  files: [
    {src: '*.hbs', dest: 'site'},
    {src: '*.md', dest: 'site'}
  ]
});

.Target

Getter/setter for the Target constructor to use for creating new targets.

Example

var Target = scaffold.get('Target');
var target = new Target();

.name

Getter/setter for scaffold.name. The name property can be set on the options or directly on the instance.

Example

var scaffold = new Scaffold({name: 'foo'});
console.log(scaffold.name);
//=> 'foo'

// or
var scaffold = new Scaffold();
scaffold.options.name = 'bar';
console.log(scaffold.name);
//=> 'bar'

// or
var scaffold = new Scaffold();
scaffold.name = 'baz';
console.log(scaffold.name);
//=> 'baz'

Comparison table

Many definitions exist for the terms "boilerplate", "scaffold" and "template". The following definitions describe these concepts as it relates to this project.

typedescription
templateResuable file, code or content which contains "placeholder" values that will eventually be replaced with real values by a rendering (template) engine
scaffoldConsists of one or more templates or source files and serves as a "temporary support structure" that may be used to initialize a new project, or to provide ad-hoc "components" throughout the duration of a project.
boilerplateBoilerplates consist of all of the necessary files required to initialize a complete project.

History

v0.3.0

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Author

Jon Schlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.


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