How do you prefer to create a new project?

• From scratch?
• Bootstrapping?
• Clone a Git or Git template? (I would recommend to add --depth=1 or use degit.)

If you choose "from scratch", what do you often do first thing first? What about other options?

From scratch

Actually, I often do from scratch, by

yarn init -y
yarn add typescript prettier -D
yarn tsc init

Then, check most of the eslint'ty options in tsconfig.json, as well as experimentalDecorators.

Yeah, it's the very benefit of TypeScript for me, actually.

Creating .prettierrc is even optional for me.

I also used to do npx eslint --init, but that will also need syzer -u.

Bootstrapping

yarn create nuxt-app $NAME
cd $NAME
npx syzer -u
yarn

Then check for broken dependencies.

I think syzer (maybe also npm-check-updates) is a very good package. Keeping updated will help fix security problems.

Syzer⚡: update all npm dependencies at one go

Rocktim Saikia ・ Aug 7 '20 ・ 2 min read

#showdev #npm #productivity #javascript

Comments

[Andrew Baisden]

I prefer to do it from scratch as its much cleaner.

[Souk Syp.]

That's what I do. How do you do to stay focus from start to finish ?

[Andrew Baisden]

I listen to music while I am programming.

[Souk Syp.]

And other ideas that popped up along the way?

[Andrew Baisden]

Well yes music is stimulating it is not a distraction for me.

[Pontakorn Paesaeng]

I usually use yarn create or dedicated CLI. I believe that creating project should take less time so I can focus on the project, not the configuration.

I use Vite, Vue CLI, create-react-app, preact-cli to create projects.

[Zen]

I create npm package for my bootstrap project. So, I download my template with:

npm init svelte-zen