Custom Component CLI

Current Situation

Currently, creating a custom component requires manual steps. Namely, the developer must use the template repository and pip install cookiecutter.

Since the template repo is a Git repo, you need to have git installed when you run cookiecutter to use the template. This is an unnecessary added dependency and barrier to entry.

Proposed Actions

Create a Command Line Interface (CLI) for creating custom components.

For example, Django has it's django-admin startproject <project_name> command for users. We could implement something similar. For example, reactpy js_component <component_name>.

Work Items

• Move the template repo into ReactPy core and distribute the template repo with the project
• Make a CLI that calls cookiecutter on the static template repo to start a new project

Start by reviewing the existing template repository and how ReactPy currently exposes user-facing commands. Move the template into ReactPy core, distribute it with the project, and add a command such as reactpy js_component <component_name> that invokes cookiecutter without requiring users to fetch the Git repository. Done means both work items are implemented and a custom component project can be generated through the CLI.