Web app generator

Yeoman generator that scaffolds out a front-end web app using gulp for the build process

🚧 There is a pre-release version of this generator, you can install it by running npm install --global generator-webapp@next. Help us make it stable by reporting bugs! 🚧

Features

Please see our gulpfile for up to date information on what we support.

enable ES2015 features using Babel
CSS Autoprefixing
Built-in preview server with BrowserSync
Automagically compile Sass with libsass
Automagically lint your scripts
Map compiled CSS to source stylesheets with source maps
Awesome image optimization

For more information on what this generator can do for you, take a look at the gulp plugins used in our package.json.

libsass

Keep in mind that libsass is feature-wise not fully compatible with Ruby Sass. Check out this curated list of incompatibilities to find out which features are missing.

If your favorite feature is missing and you really need Ruby Sass, you can always switch to gulp-ruby-sass and update the styles task in gulpfile accordingly.

Getting Started

Install: npm install --global yo gulp-cli generator-webapp
Run yo webapp to scaffold your webapp
Run npm start to preview and watch for changes
Run npm start -- --port=8080 to preview and watch for changes in port 8080
Run npm install --save <package> to install dependencies, frontend included
Run npm run serve:test to run the tests in the browser
Run npm run serve:test -- --port=8085 to run the tests in the browser in port 8085
Run npm run build to build your webapp for production
Run npm run serve:dist to preview the production build
Run npm run serve:dist -- --port=5000 to preview the production build in port 5000

Docs

getting started with this generator
recipes for integrating other popular technologies like CoffeeScript
contribution docs and FAQ, good to check before posting an issue

Options

--skip-welcome-message Skips Yeoman's greeting before displaying options.
--skip-install-message Skips the the message displayed after scaffolding has finished and before the dependencies are being installed.
--skip-install Doesn't automatically install dependencies after scaffolding has finished.
--test-framework=<framework> Either mocha or jasmine. Defaults to mocha.