Templates CLI

Have You ever wanted to create new NextJS route which let You use query parameters using useSearchParams hook?
Or insert a server side page exporting load and action functions for SvelteKit with new satisfies operator?
Or make a Java Spring Controller files with all the @Annotations and routes set for GET, POST, PUT ready?

And You always needed to check the documentation, because You forget how excatly the pages looks like? Which hooks to use, what types to import, how to properly name the functions?

If yes, then Templates CLI is for You :).

It's a simple tool that let's You very easly create, manage and use a set of templates pages for Your projects.

Full written in Rust (needed to point it out, cos this is why You learn Rust, right?).

Best way to learn is by example!

tp use svelte p ps e -p reports

This will create a +page.svelte, +page.server.ts, +error.ts in ./reports folder, each containing their own template You prepared beforehand (containing types, function, whatever You want).

tp use next l

This will create a layout.tsx in current folder with previously prepared NextJS tempalte.

Install

cargo install templates

Please make sure that ~/.cargo/bin is in your PATH.
In the future more distro related options will be added :)

Usage

Config

First thing You need to do is set up a templates folder. Default value is ~/tmp.

tp set [path_to_your_templates_folder]

Inside this folder create a subfolders for each group of templates (e.g. svelte, next). Then add files inside in a format [cli_shortcut]template_name.

Few examples:

• svelte/[p]+page.svelte
• svelte/[ls]+layout.server.ts
• next/[p]page.ts
• next/[lt]layout.ts
• next/[lj]layout.js

Use

tp use <lib> [pages] -p <path>

• lib - the name of the subfolder inside Your templates folder.
• pages - list of shortcut inside subfolder (e.g. p, ls).
• path - path for where the files will be created (optional).

Using example settings from config section:

tp use next p lj

This will create a page.ts and layout.js in ./ dir and copy content of next/[p]page.ts and next/[lj]layout.js respectively inside them.

Add

tp add <file> <lib> <short>

• file - the file that You want to add to templates folder
• lib - the name of the subfolder inside templates folder (e.g. svelte, next)
• short - the shortcut You want to use to access template (e.g. p, ps, l)

tp add this_page.tsx next p

This will copy this_page.tsx file into next subfolder inside templates folder with the [p] shortcut for later access (`[p]this_page.tsx')

Print

tp print

Print the current configuration.