CLI Workshop

👋 hi there! My name is swyx and this is the source material for the Egghead CLI workshop!!

Pre-Workshop Instructions/Requirements

In order for us to maximize our efforts during the workshop, please do the following:

Setup the project (follow the setup instructions below) (~5 minutes)
Install and setup Zoom on the computer you will be using (~5 minutes)
Watch Use Zoom for KCD Workshops (~8 minutes).
Read 12 Factor CLI Apps or Watch Rules for creating great developer CLIs (20 mins)
Write down 2-3 small Node.js CLI's you'd like to explore (points if I haven't heard of them!)
(Optional) Browse the CLI Cheatsheet

The more prepared you are for the workshop, the better it will go for you.

All of these must be available in your PATH. To verify things are set up properly, you can run this:

git --version
node --version
npm --version

If you have trouble with any of these, learn more about the PATH environment variable and how to fix it here for windows or mac/linux.

1 - CLI Basics
- 1A: Create a Hello World Single-Command CLI with Oclif
- 1B: Parse Arguments and Flags in an Oclif Command
- 1C: Understand when to use Multi-Command vs Single-Command in Oclif
- 1D: Set up Debugging and Testing for CLI's
2 - Heavy Lifting
- 2A: Beautiful Prompts for User Input with Enquirer
- 2B: Read User Config with Cosmiconfig
- 2C: Build Your Own Boilerplate Scaffolding CLI with Copy-Template-Dir
- 2D: Execute and Pipe Child Processes with Execa
3 - Polish
- 3A: Prompt Users to Update CLI Versions with Update Notifier
- 3B: Store State on Filesystem in CLI's respecting XDG-spec with Conf
- 3C: Create CLI's that Intelligently Adapt to Usage with Frecency
- 3D: Polish CLI Output with Ora, CLI-UX, and Chalk
4 - React Ink
- 4A: Build Interactive CLI Components with React Ink
- 4B: Create Flexible CLI Layouts with React Ink's Box Component
- 4C: Create Dynamic Command Line User Interfaces with React Ink Input Components

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