Make command for automating common development tasks

[swainn]

I had an idea the other day I wanted to put out to the forum. I was thinking we could add a command to the Tethys CLI that would automate common development tasks. For example we could have a subcommand for making new pages for an app that would create a new template, add a controller, and add a UrlMap. A variation on this command could create a REST endpoint that returns a JsonResponse instead of a template. More advanced versions could generate pages with the full page maps layout and a controller with a basic MapView gizmo implemented. Basically, it would do a lot of the boilerplate for create new pages. Thoughts?

[Jacob Fullerton]

I guess my question would be who the intended audience is. For myself personally I remember first trying to create a new page and having such a hard time making sure I added every line of code in the right places. Would the command you're talking about edit the base.html so that the navigation pane would include a link to the newly created page? I like the idea of preloading gizmos into webpages, that would be a time saver if I could type a command and list the gizmos that I want included in the page and have the page generated automatically.

[sdc50]

I'm really like this idea. I think this would be a good way to implement layouts. I think it would be good to have a design meeting for this. It may be larger than a one person implementation.

[swainn]

Agreed.