Might be worth chiming in on the CB-4153 thread on this ML ("app" folder
concept)On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > In an earlier incarnation of Cordova the CLI had a a --recipe flag. That > could be modified to accept a path or a Git repo. This would retain the > existing and fulfill Ray's use case. > > Thoughts? > On Jul 12, 2013 7:34 AM, "Lucas Holmquist" <lholm...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > +1 to keeping the default template, but the ability to change it if you > > want to > > On Jul 12, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Carlos I think that is essentially what others have proposed here - > > specify > > > a template to use. > > > > > > Personally I like the default project to still be the default, if only > > for > > > the majority of our users who are not more experienced programmers. > More > > > experienced programmers will not be put off by specifying a template > > option > > > for a blank template, IMO (but for less experienced people, I contend > it > > is > > > the reverse). > > > > > > While helping users troubleshoot in the Google Groups, or investigating > > > bugs in JIRA, I often tell a user to create a new project (thus using > the > > > default template) and isolate their bug there, so we have a common base > > to > > > verify and test bugs. > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Carlos Santana <csantan...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > >> can it be an option to the cordova cli? > > >> cordova create [--noHelloApp] > > >> or > > >> cordova create [--blankIndexHTML] > > >> > > >> You get the point > > >> > > >> I vote for default to have defaultApp included. > > >> It provides gratification of every "Hello World" gives when starting > > with > > >> something new. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Michael Jackson < > mjijack...@gmail.com > > >>> wrote: > > >> > > >>> I really like the default app. As a brand new cordova dev it helped > me > > >>> understand how to get started with it. > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Michael Jackson > > >>> @mjackson > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Ray Camden <rayca...@adobe.com> > > wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> I can add this as a Jira item if it makes sense, but, what do folks > > >> think > > >>>> about the following: > > >>>> > > >>>> I'd like to propose that the 'default' PG app created by the CLI be > > >>>> changed. Right now it is cool. Looks neat. But is completely > > >> unnecessary > > >>>> after you've after learned how to use PG. It's a great example for > > >> folks > > >>>> learning PG, but for those of us who know and just want to get > started > > >>>> quickly, it actually takes me more time to *remove* the HTML, CSS, > and > > >> JS > > >>>> used in the default then it does to create a new project. Not to be > > >> over > > >>>> dramatic, but it really is the worst part of the process for me. > Then > > >>>> again, I tend to make quite a few POCs with the CLI so this issue > hits > > >> me > > >>>> more often than normal probably. > > >>>> > > >>>> I know the CLI is just copying a template (I've blogged on this > > >> before), > > >>>> but shouldn't the default be something better for developers? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Carlos Santana > > >> <csantan...@gmail.com> > > >> > > > > >
