tejas-first-cli v1.0.1

MyProfile/MyResume - (Welcome message, description) ABOUTME EXPERIENCE TECH SKILLS CONTACT ME

-> Let us call each executable as command, -> Create a cmd folder -> Data (All Json files) -> Root Folder (will have welcome msg, description)

Dependencies - cfonts chalk --function cli--- inquirer

commander

How to use this repo? This repo is step-by-step guide. You can clone the repo or follow along.Every folder is marked below with what is expected in it.

0️⃣ Walkthrough Theory Introduction to nodejs and CLI.

Folder : session-1/intro.md

1️⃣ Setup your machine Codelab Folder : session-1

Install nodejs

Create a folder - "myprofile"

Create package.json

npm init 2️⃣ Create your Data Codelab Folder : session-2

Go to folder session-2/myprofile/data. If you want to update the content you can edit it in data.js

3️⃣ Code Time Codelab Folder : session-3

Go to folder session-3/myprofile. In this we will identify the commands and add it to the commands folder.

To sync with data.js we have following commands (user input) :

about me contact me experience summary To print the choices on the terminal we will use the npm package inquirer.

4️⃣ Beautification Folder : session-4

This section is totally optional. To make the CLI' content more colorful and presentable. We will use two more packages:

chalk : Will let us provide the colors to the texts. cfonts : Will let us write a big fancy welcome message. inquirer : Common interactive command line user interfaces. commander : Common interactive command line user interfaces. 5️⃣ Publish NPM Codelab How to make it Executable? Add #!/usr/bin/env node on the top of index.js. Read about it here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_%28Unix%29

In package.json, add section of bin

"bin": { "myprofile": "./index.js" } Run the following command

npm link Now go to the terminal and write

myprofile Publish to NPM Create an account in npmjs.com

On terminal run the following command & enter the username and password.

npm login To publish

npm publish You can check your package after publishing : https://www.npmjs.com/~{username}/{package-name}

How to run it? Go to the desire folder. eg :

cd session-2/myprofile Install the dependency

npm install From the root of the myprofile run the following command to start the application

node index.js