Automate repetitive tasks and build a CLI with Node.js ๐ฅ
Command line apps are powerful helpers for automation. Need to run a sequence of tasks? Use the command line!
The best part: you can build a CLI in Node.js. Stay with the platform you love. Build a CLI with Node.js!
This free video series is sponsored by Future Studio University ๐
Join the Future Studio University and Skyrocket in Node.js
This repository is the companion to a free YouTube video series. The videos walk you through the process of creating your own CLI with Node.js
The first, free season of this video series covers the following topics:
- Project Setup
- Create commands using ECMAScript classes
- Use Node.js modules and NPM packages
- Add aliases/flags
- Define arguments
- Generate a help output: add
-h
to any command - Grab inputs from the console
- Ask a y/n question
- Select an answer from a list of choices
- Loading indicators (for async tasks)
- Run a list of sequential tasks
- Colorful outputs
- Make use of icons
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