Aurelia: Clarify what `npx` is for newcomers

[LarsKemmann]

Hi! I noticed your documentation (both in this repo and in the _aurelia/new_ repo) makes mention of a tool called "npx".

What is that?

It's not traditional npm and, yes, I'm going to google it momentarily, but I just wanted to suggest that you not assume too much about what developers new to Aurelia might already be familiar with. Every little bit of non-hurdle helps. Thanks!

[EisenbergEffect]

This is good feedback. It's always tricky to find the balance. What if we said something like:

"Using npx, a tool installed with Node.js, we can create a new Aurelia 2 app. At a command prompt, run the command npx makes aurelia. This will cause npx to download the makes scaffolding tool, along with the aurelia generator, which it will use to guide you through the setup process."

[3cp]

Need some small adjustment to make clear it's makes not npx (which the current sentence implies) downloading aurelia generator.

[matthewcorven]

I could be wrong but I believe that NPX is not installed with node, the developer has to install it globally on their own.

[3cp]

npx is included in npm (shipped in node).

https://github.com/npm/cli/blob/3e7ed30d6e9211e39bd93ec4e254cc5a2b159947/package.json#L31-L33

[3cp]

a tool installed with Node.js

Not very clear it's already installed in default nodejs. Maybe "a tool provided by Node.js"?

[3cp]

Should also add a link to original introduction of npx.

https://medium.com/@maybekatz/introducing-npx-an-npm-package-runner-55f7d4bd282b

[EisenbergEffect]

"Using npx, a tool distributed as part of Node.js, we can create a new Aurelia 2 app. At a command prompt, run the command npx makes aurelia. This will cause npx to download the makes scaffolding tool, along with the aurelia generator, which it will use to guide you through the setup process."

[LarsKemmann]

Wow. Can I just say the Aurelia team rocks? :) Thanks for the quick response on this! I'm so excited to start trying out v2!!

[EisenbergEffect]

Thank you @LarsKemmann We're a passionate group of people who genuinely believe in the work we're doing and genuinely care for the people in our community. We aren't always able to respond so quickly or effectively, but we do try the best we're able. Glad to have you here and we really appreciate the feedback. I'll take this wording and push it into the few places we have it, most likely a bit later this evening.

[EisenbergEffect]

Erm...I almost forgot I need to take the kids trick or treating...so might be an extra day on this one 🤣

[EisenbergEffect]

Ok, I ended up getting time to take care of this. I think I've updated all the relevant locations. Thanks again for the feedback!