chicago/tasks/create-plugin.js

A front-end JavaScript library for user-interface developers.

module.exports = function( grunt ) {

	// Custom Tasks
	grunt.registerTask('create-plugin', 'Grunt task to create a Chicago plugin', function() {

		function createSlug(string) {
			return string
				.replace( /[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, ' ' )
				.replace( /\s+/g, '-' )
				.toLowerCase();
		}

		function camelCase( string ) {
			if(string === null || string === undefined) {
				return '';
			}
			return string.replace(/(?:^\w|[A-Z]|\b\w)/g, function(letter, index) {
				return index == 0 ? letter.toLowerCase() : letter.toUpperCase();
			}).replace(/\s+/g, '');
		}

		grunt.config.set('prompt', {
			createPlugin : {
				options: {
					questions: [{
						config: 'name',
						type: 'input',
						message: 'Plugin Name:',
					}, {
						config: 'description',
						type: 'input',
						message: 'Description:',
					}, {
						config: 'author',
						type: 'input',
						message: 'Author:',
					}],
					then: function(results) {
						var template = grunt.file.read('tasks/templates/plugin.js');
						var slug = createSlug( results.name );
						var camel = camelCase( results.name );
						var content = template
							.replace(/@PLUGIN/g, results.name)
							.replace(/@DESCRIPTION/g, results.description)
							.replace(/@AUTHOR/g, results.author)
							.replace(/@SLUG/g, slug)
							.replace(/@CAMEL/g, camel)
							.replace(/@YEAR/g, grunt.template.today("yyyy"))
							.replace(/@VERSION/g, grunt.template.process('<%= pkg.version %>'));

						grunt.file.write( 'src/plugins/' + slug + '.js', content );
					}
				}
			}
		});

		grunt.task.run('prompt');
	});
};