Radically simple app initialization
Project description
Boil
Initialization of new software projects should be quick and easy. Period.
Boil aims to build a centralized, pluggable and community-driven repository of project templates for various technologies, managed via single API.
These are the problems that it aims to solve:
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Wasting time on initializing new software projects from scratch
In particular: creating a file structure, checking naming conventions, determining dependencies and completing basic metadata.
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Poor quality and lack of consistency between projects
Most developers initiate projects in their own way without complying with generally accepted standards. Often due to lack of time, projects are initialized neglectfully, have no maintenance-friendly structure and are poorly documented.
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Burden of bootstrapping tools
Separate app generator for Ansible, Django, or Rails. Switching between one and the other may be troublesome considering the variety of APIs and different configuration options for each tool.
Installation
Use pip or easy_install:
$ pip install boil
Usage
$ boil
Usage:
boil list
boil search <phrase>
boil new <plate_name> [--target-dir=<dir>]
boil -h | --help
Options:
--target-dir=<dir> Target directory where project files should be
populated.
List all available plates:
$ boil list
Search for plates:
$ boil search <phrase>
Initialize new project from selected plate:
$ boil new <plate_name>
Examples
List all available plates:
$ boil list
Search for Python-related plates:
$ boil search python
Initialize new Python package:
$ boil new python_package
Initialize new Django app:
$ boil new django_app
Initialize new Rails app:
$ boil new rails_app
Initialize new Ruby gem:
$ boil new gem
Initialize new Bash command-line tool:
$ boil new bash_cli
Initialize new Ansible role:
$ boil new ansible_role
Initialize new plate:
$ boil new plate
Changelog
All notable changes to this project are documented in the CHANGELOG.
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