generator-app-generator

Yeoman generator

Getting Started

What is Yeoman?

Trick question. It's not a thing. It's this guy:

Basically, he wears a top hat, lives in your computer, and waits for you to tell him what kind of application you wish to create.

Not every new computer comes with a Yeoman pre-installed. He lives in the npm package repository. You only have to ask for him once, then he packs up and moves into your hard drive. Make sure you clean up, he likes new and shiny things.

npm install -g yo

Yeoman Generators

Yeoman travels light. He didn't pack any generators when he moved in. You can think of a generator like a plug-in. You get to choose what type of application you wish to create, such as a Backbone application or even a Chrome extension.

To install generator-app-generator, download this repository and in the project directory run:

npm link

Finally, initiate the generator:

yo app-generator path/to/project_template.yaml

Generating Projects

This generator acts on project templates. A project template is just a .yaml file that define the project structure, npm and bower dependencies, and the Gruntfile config. Sample project templates can be found here.