Gang, I just came to think about something that should really blow our minds.
$ mkdir MindBlower $ cd MindBlower $ yo polygene --import=application-generator.json --noPrompt $ ./gradlew assemble run I think we should add enough support in the yeoman generator to also be able to copy supporting files. Then the above application generator JSON model could create the application generator as a web application, and be launched in front of your eyes. Then, via the browser have a funky UI that creates Layers, Modules and Composites, hit Generator and out comes (or auto-deployed to cloud) a ready-to-deploy application, by the application-generator calling the yeoman generator. Huh? Again!! 1. polygene generator (yeoman-based) generates application generator 2. user interact with application generator via browser to localhost 3. application generator uses polygene generator to generate custom application Cool, heh?? I think that only a single relatively small feature is needed in polygene generator to enable this; * Allow the JSON to reference files (relative to itself) that should be copied, allowing the destination to be packageDir relative, and that those files are template files. . And additional NICE to have feature would be that --import search for files, for instance inside a templates/ directory of the SDK or perhaps on NPM Registry according to some name space rules. Cheers -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java
