Support JavaScript

[xmliszt]

Currently the template tool only supports TypeScript.

To support JavaScript, basically here is what you need to do:

• in scripts/create-next-app.js -> createNextApp(), change to not using --ts flag when creating the NextJS application
• we need a separate template folders containing corresponding templates (pages and layouts) that are coded in JavaScript instead (.jsx, .js)

[0xprasanth]

Hi @xmliszt,
I'm willing to work on this issue. But can you please explain the second point ?

[xmliszt]

Hi @xmliszt, I'm willing to work on this issue. But can you please explain the second point ?

Hi @PTech12, thanks a lot! Sure let me explain:

If you look at the source code under template/ folder, you realise all the files are currently in TypeScript. So in order to support JavaScript, I think we need to have a corresponding copy of JavaScript file. So I'm thinking we refactor the code base in the following structure:

Previous

template/
     | -- components/ (contains typescript files)
     | -- layout/ (contains typescript files)
     | -- page/ (contains typescript files)

New

template-ts/
     | -- components/ (contains typescript files)
     | -- layout/ (contains typescript files)
     | -- page/ (contains typescript files)
template-js/
     | -- components/ (contains javascript files)
     | -- layout/ (contains javascript files)
     | -- page/ (contains javascript files)

[xmliszt]

@PTech12 let me know if you have any other questions along the way :) Thanks for your help!