AbpHelper is a tool that help you with developing Abp vNext applications.

Make sure to backup your source files before using it!

1. Install AbpHelper CLI tool

   dotnet tool install EasyAbp.AbpHelper -g

   If you prefer GUI, there is also a tool with a fancy UI: AbpHelper.GUI

2. If you have previously installed it, update it with the following command:

   dotnet tool update EasyAbp.AbpHelper -g

3. Use ABP CLI to create an ABP application

   abp new MyToDo

4. Create an entity

   public class Todo : FullAuditedEntity<Guid>
   {
       public string Content { get; set; }
       public bool Done { get; set; }
   }

5. Run AbpHelper

   abphelper generate crud Todo -d C:\MyTodo

   • generate crud is a sub command to generate CRUD files
   • Todo specified the entity name we created earlier
   • -d specified the root directory of the ABP project, which is created by the ABP CLI

   AbpHelper will generate all the CRUD stuffs , even include adding migration and database updating!

6. Run the DbMigrator to seed the database

7. Startup your application

8. Login with the default admin account, and see the magic happens!

   

   If you don't see the TODO menu, check your permissions and make sure the TODO related permissions are granted

• Run abphelper -h to see the general help
• Similarly, you can use -h or --help option to see detailed usage of each of the following commands

• generate

  Generate files for ABP projects. See 'abphelper generate --help' for details

  • crud

    Generate a set of CRUD related files according to the specified entity

    Demo GIF

  • service

    Generate service interface and class files according to the specified name

    Demo GIF

  • methods

    Generate service method(s) according to the specified name(s)

    Demo GIF

  • localization

    Generate localization item(s) according to the specified name(s)

    Demo GIF

  • controller

    Generate controller class and methods according to the specified service

    Demo GIF

• ef

  A shortcut to run 'dotnet ef' commands. See 'abphelper ef --help' for details

  Demo GIF

• module

  Help quickly add/update/remove ABP modules. See 'abphelper module --help' for details

  Demo GIF