Template 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?).

Install

cargo install templates

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

Best way to learn is by example!

tp copy p ps -p reports -- svelte

This will copy two files that You have previously created in the

• ~/templates/svelte/[p]+page.svelte
• ~/templates/svelte/[ps]+page.server.ts

into:

• ./reports/+page.svelte
• ./reports/+page.server.ts

each containing their own template You prepared beforehand (containing types, function, whatever You want).

tp show ls

This will show the content of the file ~/templates/[ls]your_file_name in the terminal, ready to be copied.

tp var -- next

This will list all the env variables that are listed in ~/templates/next/var file.

Usage

Set

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

tp set [path_to_your_templates_folder]

Inside start creating Your template files with a format [cli_shortcut]template_name. You can group them by subfolders (e.g. svelte, next).

Few examples:

• [r]readme.md
• [c]config.json
• [p]+page.svelte
• svelte/[ls]+layout.server.ts
• svelte/[e]+error.svelte
• next/[p]page.ts
• next/[lt]layout.ts
• next/[lj]layout.js

Copy

tp copy [pages] -p <path> -- <project>

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

Using example settings from config section:

tp copy p lj -p ./routes -- next

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

Show

tp show [page] -- <project>

• page - list of shortcut for template files (e.g. p, ls).
• project - the name of the subfolder inside Your templates folder (optional).

tp show p

This will show the content of the [p]file_name template file in your terminal.

Var

tp show -- <project>

• project - the name of the subfolder inside Your templates folder (optional).

tp var

This will print the `var/ file content.

tp var -- svelte

This will print the `svelte/var/ file content.

Config

tp config

Print the current configuration.