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makes
A tool to scaffold new projects, simple enough that you would want to define your own skeletons (aka generators).
makes 
A tool to scaffold new projects, simple enough that you would want to define your own skeletons (aka generators).
Document site: https://makes.js.org
Run "makes"
"makes" is designed to be used without any installation, as long as you have Node.js. To run "makes", do:
npx makes <skeleton_provider>
Example skeletons
aurelia/newnpx makes aureliadumberjs/newnpx makes dumberjsmakesjs/demo1npx makes makesjs/demo1makesjs/demo2npx makes makesjs/demo2
Try dumberjs skeleton to create various types of front-end projects. dumberjs is a JavaScript bundler using AMD module format for front-end SPA apps.
npx makes dumberjs
# or
npx makes dumberjs my-project
Note npx makes dumberjs is a conventional short-cut of npx makes dumberjs/new.
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A tool to scaffold new projects, simple enough that you would want to define your own skeletons (aka generators).
The npm package makes receives a total of 44 weekly downloads. As such, makes popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that makes demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 19 Apr 2023
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