Gatsby: Publish our new package template as a standalone tool that everyone can use

Created on 7 Feb 2018 · 15Comments · Source: gatsbyjs/gatsby

To add a new package to this repo, you can run npm run plop and then choose package and then it sets up a new package for you — see https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/tree/master/plop-templates/package

It'd be cool to have a standalone tool for others to use when creating a new plugin to distribute as it's not always obvious how to create new NPM packages and publish them.

This along with a short tutorial on publishing a new NPM package would be 🔥

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KyleAMathews

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Maybe this could be rolled into gatsby-cli?

Being able to do gatsby plugin my-new-plugin could be nice.

m-allanson on 9 Feb 2018

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This is the #3 most wanted thing in Gatsby tutorials. A tutorial on how to create and/or modify an existing plugin (same as package, sort of?). Making it easy to create packages and publish them would be top notch.

shannonbux on 7 Feb 2018

Maybe this could be rolled into gatsby-cli?

Being able to do gatsby plugin my-new-plugin could be nice.

m-allanson on 9 Feb 2018

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@m-allanson that makes sense!

KyleAMathews on 9 Feb 2018

@KyleAMathews I'm thinking of adding this to docs projects. Does that make sense?

shannonbux on 9 Feb 2018

@shannonbux 👍

KyleAMathews on 9 Feb 2018

Summary of what interviewees said about needing help building their own packages/plugins: https://slack-files.com/T6VN36NMP-F8RP27E4A-928a785a43

shannonbux on 10 Feb 2018

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@m-allanson I prefer npm install as it gives me the native feel of react and npm. Enhancing the cli though could help those not familiar to npm. I also prefer a git clone and npm install instead of doing a gatsby new. So maybe it is only me.

Jaikant on 10 Feb 2018

All good points @shannonbux

For the record, I strongly identify with:

People coming from React might need to know when they need a plugin vs. when can they do something natively

Redmega on 10 Feb 2018

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@benjaminhoffman have you seen this?

shannonbux on 26 Feb 2018

love this. thx for the ping. going thru the steps to create a plugin now. hopefully have it wrapped up in a week or so and will write a 'how to post'.