@thingjs/cli/README.md

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# @thingjs/cli

`@thingjs/cli` is used to create thing.js project and resource templates quickly.

The CLI(`@thingjs/cli`) is a globlly installed npm package and provides the `thing` command in your terminal. It provides the ability to scaffold a new project via `thing create`.

## 📦 Install

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1. Global installation of `@thingjs/cli`

```bash
npm install @thingjs/cli -g
```

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2. You can verify that it is properly installed by running this command:

```bash
thing -h
```

And it will show a number of options which means the installation is successful.

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## 📔 Getting Started

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To create a new project based on thing.js, run `thing create` in a terminal and you will be prompted to name the project. Then You can choose different type of templates to create correspond thing.js project.

```bash
$ thing create
? Please enter a project name: test-plugin
? Please pick a preset: Plugin
✔ Download Successful!
```

You can list the thing.js versions by:

```bash
thing list
```

Also pick the thing.js version by:

```bash
thing install
```

You can also choose a version you know, such as v2.0.2

```bash
thing install 2.0.2
```