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> > >> > >
