rename?

[holic]

It was web3-dapp-scaffold, then web3-app-scaffold (because I didn't feel right calling it a decentralized app), and now web3-scaffold.

I'm not a massive fan of the "scaffold" word, feels a little obscure, borrowed from Ruby(?), and probably hurts word of mouth long term?

Maybe create-web3-app?

[davisshaver]

I see your points about scaffold, although I happen to like it as a name. I also like the idea of create-web3-app although my expectation for create-* projects is that there's a CLI interface to get started. Maybe this is the direction you want to head? In terms of other synonyms for scaffold, I think "starter" or "starter kit" is a common one. Curious to hear what others think about this too.

[jamiew]

I had the same thought re. create-* pattern -- arguably we could add the CLI bits? Is that worth the work?

I have no qualms with web3-scaffold too, which is self-descriptive. I also miss ruby though

[holic]

Yeah, my thought with create-web3-app was that it'd be neat to have support for npm init web3-app (and potentially other CLI options). Could potentially make it pluggable, e.g. make Tailwind optional.

Looks like someone snagged this name a few years back though: https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-web3-app

[holic]

Also just came across https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-web3, which lets you pick Next/Vite, Hardhat/Foundry, etc. Pretty neat!

[davisshaver]

+1 to all of this. A CLI interface would be very cool at some point.

I wonder if there's an architecture that would let us keep this repo (maybe converting to a template repo at some point?) and build a CLI helper at a future date which wraps the repo and makes it easy to customize things.

[holic]

maybe converting to a template repo at some point?

Fun fact: this was a template repo! but github nukes commit history and it was hard to port changes over, so I moved it back to a regular repo that you'd fork

[e-roy]

first thing I think of when I hear scaffold is scaffold-eth. not suggesting a change in name, just saying it does resonate in the web3 space

[jamiew]

eyyy a wild create-web3 author appears :) welcome @e-roy

[holic]

Chatted with the previous owner of create-web3-app and he generously handed over the name! https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-web3-app

[jamiew]

Wow, huge!

[cjpais]

+1 to all of this. A CLI interface would be very cool at some point.

I wonder if there's an architecture that would let us keep this repo (maybe converting to a template repo at some point?) and build a CLI helper at a future date which wraps the repo and makes it easy to customize things.

I might have created an issue for this accidentally, hadn't read this thread yet

#40

[samkingco]

Yeah I’d also love a CLI, even if it just copies the template, inits a new git repo, and renames all the packages to my project name. I thought about putting one together next week. Should be quite straightforward.

Right now I have to fork/clone the repo and then nuke history and do a bunch of find and replace. Having one command would be great, and the create-web3-app fits that mental model better.