Ever wanted to create a StdLib service with some additional boilerplate to make project generation a little easier? Starting from scratch every time isn't always ideal.

That's why we built utils.templates. It hooks into the lib command line tools seamlessly to deliver you templates over-the-wire. As it's a remote service, any time you start a new project you'll get the newest templates without any additional installation.

Use utils.templates from the command line as a part of the StdLib CLI.

When you're creating a new service, simply type;

$ lib create -t <template>

Where <template> is your desired template. You'll download the template automatically, and once it's ready, local npm installation will get everything running for you.

To develop a new StdLib template, simply clone this repo, run 'npm install' and then run lib http from the root directory. Add files to templates/<template>/_files. Add package.json desired fields (additive to base package.json) using templates/<template>/package.json.

To make sure your template will work with StdLib, in another terminal window, create a new directory for your app and run (assuming you're running the template server on localhost:8170):

$ lib init
$ lib create -t <template> -d localhost:8170

This will create a new app based on the template by pulling it from the 'lib http' process. From there you can run lib http -p 8080 to test the new app instance by navigating to localhost:8080/{service name}. For example, if you created a service called "stdlib/test", you would access your new app instance at localhost:8080/stdlib/test.

If you make changes to your template then restart the 'lib http' process running under utils.templates, delete your app instance and recreate it by running the 'lib create -t ...' command again.

Once your template is ready for development, open up a Pull Request here and we'll be happy to verify that it works and add it in! Also, please remember to update this README.

Alexa Skills are supported via alexa. Check out our quick guide on Medium for more information.

$ lib create -t alexa

Slack Apps are supported via slack.

$ lib create -t slack

Twilio Messaging Hubs are supported via twilio.

$ lib create -t twilio

Vue is supported via vue.

$ lib create -t vue

That's all for now, check back for more templates soon!