Blog - Plop — a micro-generator to ease your daily life - setGenerator

plopfile.js

module.exports = ( plop ) => {

  // We declare a new generator called "module"
  plop.setGenerator( "module", {
  
    // Succintly describes what generator does.
    description: "Create a new module",
    
    // Get inputs from the user.
    // That's Inquirer.js doing the job behind the hood.
    prompts: [
      {
        type: "input",
        name: "name",
        message: "What is your module name?"
      }
    ],
    
    // List of actions to take.
    // Here we "add" new files from our templates.
    actions: [
      {
        type: "add",
        path: "app/modules/{{camelCase name}}.js",
        templateFile: "plop-templates/module.js"
      },
      {
        type: "add",
        path: "app/tests/{{camelCase name}}.tests.js",
        templateFile: "plop-templates/module.tests.js"
      }
    ]
      
  } );

};