update init script

bin/scripts/init.js

@@ -1,3 +1,79 @@
-export default () => {
-    console.log('initing');
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { glob } from 'glob';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
+
+export default async () => {
+    console.log('starting initialization...');
+
+    let initiator = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+    let root_dir = path.resolve(path.dirname(initiator), '../..');
+
+    let project_path = process.argv[3] || '';
+
+    if (project_path) {
+        project_path = './' + project_path
+            .replace(/^[\/\.]+/, '')
+            .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+    } else {
+        project_path = '.';
+    }
+
+    await fs.mkdir(project_path, { recursive: true });
+
+    let files = await glob(`${root_dir}/var/template/*`, { dot: true });
+    let ignore = ['node_modules', '.env'];
+
+    console.log('creating project files...');
+
+    for (const file of files) {
+        const stat = await fs.stat(file);
+        const is_dir = stat.isDirectory();
+        const filename = file.split('/').slice(-1)[0];
+
+        if (ignore.includes(filename)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (is_dir) {
+            await fs.cp(
+                file,
+                `${project_path}/${filename}`,
+                {
+                    recursive: true
+                }
+            );
+        } else {
+            await fs.copyFile(file, `${project_path}/${filename}`);
+        }
+    }
+
+    await fs.copyFile(`${project_path}/.env.sample`, `${project_path}/.env`)
+
+    // update package.json
+    let package_json = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(`${project_path}/package.json`));
+
+    // ensure user gets latest version
+    package_json.dependencies['@exajs/core'] = 'latest';
+
+    // drop the extra watch, this is for dev only
+    package_json.scripts.watch = package_json.scripts.watch.replace(' --watch ../..', '');
+
+    await fs.writeFile(`${project_path}/package.json`, JSON.stringify(package_json, null, 4));
+
+    console.log('running npm install...');
+
+    // npm install
+    process.chdir(project_path);
+    execSync('npm i', { stdio: 'inherit' });
+
+    console.log('creating a new git repo...');
+
+    // git init
+    execSync('git init', { stdio: 'inherit' });
+
+    // done
+    console.log('-------');
+    console.log('installation complete, run `npm run watch` to start your application');
 }

lib/index.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { glob } from 'glob';
 
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
+import { dirname } from 'node:path';
 
 export default new class {
 
@@ -25,21 +26,22 @@ export default new class {
     async start(file) {
         const is_console = process.argv[2] === 'console';
 
-        console.time('startup took');
+        // console.time('startup took');
 
 
         console.log();
-        console.log(`${chalk.yellow('exa.js')} by tux - v0.0.1`);
-        console.log('---------------------------');
-        console.log(`ts: ${DateTime.now()}`)
+        console.log(`${chalk.yellow('exa.js')} by tux - v0.0.4`);
+        console.log('-----------------------------');
+        console.log(`${chalk.green(DateTime.now().toISO())}`);
+        console.log('-----------------------------');
 
         try {
             /**
              * set up the project root directory, necessary to discover and
              * initiate various userland code
              */
-            let initiating_file = fileURLToPath(new URL(file));
-            let root_dir = initiating_file.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
+            let initiating_file = fileURLToPath(file);
+            let root_dir = dirname(initiating_file);
 
             await init_config(root_dir);
 
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ export default new class {
             console.log(e.stack);
         }
 
-        console.timeEnd('startup took');
+        // console.timeEnd('startup took');
     }
 
 }

readme.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## exa.js by [tux](https://github.com/realtux)
-exa.js is a minimal node.js backend framework that has a strong focus on simplicity, modularity, and convention over configuration.
+exa.js is a minimal node.js backend framework that has a strong focus on simplicity, modularity, and convention over configuration. 
+
+#### motivation
+as if the javascript ecosystem needs another framework... i get it, but please know that this project is the culmination of ~10 years of professional development trying to understand what i/people really need in a framework. this project is the consolidated and cleaned up version of about 30 projects worth of boilerplate patchwork that has been unevenly iterated on and used in some form during this time. i'm certain you'll find use for it, and i certainly will.
 
 ---
 
@@ -8,8 +11,11 @@ exa.js is a minimal node.js backend framework that has a strong focus on simplic
 # initialize
 npx @exajs/core init
 
-# start
+# start dev with auto reload
 npm run watch
+
+# start normal
+npm start
 ```
 this will create the exa.js template project structure in the current directory. a brief description of this template is below.