Create a Custom Yeoman Generator

Dan WellmanMay 26, 2015Lessons: 20Length: 2.5 hours

JavaScript

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4.2 Prompting the User

We can use prompts in order to accept input from users of our generator. This will allow us to customize what the generator produces. In this lesson we’ll create a basic interactive prompt.

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1.Introduction
3 lessons, 10:09

1.3
The Stack This Generator Will Create
02:36

2.Yeoman Basics
3 lessons, 20:06

3.Creating a Basic Generator
6 lessons, 46:05

3.1
Creating the Node.js Module
04:39

3.2
Extending the Base Generator
06:22

3.3
Working With Directories Inside a Generator
05:46

3.4
Working With Files Inside a Generator
12:39

3.5
Installing Dependencies
08:34

3.6
Understanding the Run Loop
08:05

4.User Interaction
4 lessons, 39:22

4.4
Options and Arguments
15:35

5.Advanced Generator Concepts
3 lessons, 29:49

5.1
Working With the Gruntfile
11:11

5.2
Composing Existing Generators
08:08

5.3
Wiring Everything Up
10:30

6.Conclusion
1 lesson, 02:10

Dan Wellman is an author and front-end developer based in his home town in the south of merry old England. By day he builds web sites and applications and likes to focus on JavaScript, testing and workflow tools. By night he produces video courses for Tuts+ on a range of mostly front-end focused topics, usually centered around JavaScript.

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Create a Custom Yeoman Generator

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4.2 Prompting the User

1.Introduction
3 lessons, 10:09

1.1
Introduction
02:28

1.2
Setup
05:05

1.3
The Stack This Generator Will Create
02:36

2.Yeoman Basics
3 lessons, 20:06

2.1
Yo
06:22

2.2
Grunt
07:28

2.3
Bower
06:16

3.Creating a Basic Generator
6 lessons, 46:05

3.1
Creating the Node.js Module
04:39

3.2
Extending the Base Generator
06:22

3.3
Working With Directories Inside a Generator
05:46

3.4
Working With Files Inside a Generator
12:39

3.5
Installing Dependencies
08:34

3.6
Understanding the Run Loop
08:05

4.User Interaction
4 lessons, 39:22

4.1
Greeting the User
06:18

4.2
Prompting the User
09:43

4.3
Templating
07:46

4.4
Options and Arguments
15:35

5.Advanced Generator Concepts
3 lessons, 29:49

5.1
Working With the Gruntfile
11:11

5.2
Composing Existing Generators
08:08

5.3
Wiring Everything Up
10:30

6.Conclusion
1 lesson, 02:10

6.1
Conclusion
02:10

Create a Custom Yeoman Generator

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4.2 Prompting the User

1.Introduction3 lessons, 10:09

2.Yeoman Basics3 lessons, 20:06

3.Creating a Basic Generator6 lessons, 46:05

4.User Interaction4 lessons, 39:22

5.Advanced Generator Concepts3 lessons, 29:49

6.Conclusion1 lesson, 02:10

1.Introduction
3 lessons, 10:09

2.Yeoman Basics
3 lessons, 20:06

3.Creating a Basic Generator
6 lessons, 46:05

4.User Interaction
4 lessons, 39:22

5.Advanced Generator Concepts
3 lessons, 29:49

6.Conclusion
1 lesson, 02:10