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* docs: update changelog * feat: update website config * feat(website): add formatting configuration * docs: fix image resource paths and format documents * feat(website): update community guide page Co-authored-by: Lea Anthony <lea.anthony@gmail.com>
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# Templates
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Wails generates projects from pre-created templates. In v1, this was a difficult to maintain set of projects that were
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subject to going out of date. In v2, to empower the community, a couple of new features have been added for templates:
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- Ability to generate projects from [Remote Templates](../reference/cli.mdx#remote-templates)
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- Tooling to help create your own templates
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## Creating Templates
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To create a template, you can use the `wails generate template` command. To generate a default template, run:
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`wails generate template -name mytemplate `
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This creates the directory "mytemplate" with default files:
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```shell title=mytemplate/
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.
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|-- NEXTSTEPS.md
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|-- README.md
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|-- app.tmpl.go
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|-- frontend
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| `-- dist
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| |-- assets
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| | |-- fonts
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| | | |-- OFL.txt
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| | | `-- nunito-v16-latin-regular.woff2
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| | `-- images
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| | `-- logo-dark.svg
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| |-- index.html
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| |-- main.css
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| `-- main.js
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|-- go.mod.tmpl
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|-- main.tmpl.go
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|-- template.json
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`-- wails.tmpl.json
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```
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### Template Overview
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The default template consists of the following files and directories:
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| Filename / Dir | Description |
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| --------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
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| NEXTSTEPS.md | Instructions on how to complete the template |
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| README.md | The README published with the template |
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| app.tmpl.go | `app.go` template file |
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| frontend/ | The directory containing frontend assets |
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| go.mod.tmpl | `go.mod` template file |
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| main.tmpl.go | `main.go` template file |
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| template.json | The template metadata |
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| wails.tmpl.json | `wails.json` template file |
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At this point it is advisable to follow the steps in `NEXTSTEPS.md`.
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## Creating a Template from an Existing Project
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It's possible to create a template from an existing frontend project by passing the path to the project when generating
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the template. We will now walk through how to create a Vue 3 template:
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- Install the vue cli: `npm install -g @vue/cli`
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- Create the default project: `vue create vue3-base`
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- Select `Default (Vue 3) ([Vue 3] babel, eslint)`
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- After the project has been generated, run:
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```shell
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> wails generate template -name wails-vue3-template -frontend .\vue3-base\
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Extracting base template files...
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Migrating existing project files to frontend directory...
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Updating package.json data...
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Renaming package.json -> package.tmpl.json...
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Updating package-lock.json data...
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Renaming package-lock.json -> package-lock.tmpl.json...
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```
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- The template may now be customised as specified in the `NEXTSTEPS.md` file
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- Once the files are ready, it can be tested by running: `wails init -n my-vue3-project -t .\wails-vue3-template\`
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- To test the new project, run: `cd my-vue3-project` then `wails build`
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- Once the project has compiled, run it: `.\build\bin\my-vue3-project.exe`
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- You should have a fully functioning Vue3 application:
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<div className="text--center">
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<img
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src={require("@site/static/img/vue3-template.png").default}
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width="50%"
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/>
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</div>
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## Publishing Templates
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Publishing a template is simply pushing the files to GitHub. The following best practice is encouraged:
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- Remove any unwanted files and directories (such as `.git`) from your frontend directory
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- Ensure that `template.json` is complete, especially `helpurl`
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- Push the files to GitHub
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- Create a PR on the [Community Templates](../community/templates.mdx) page
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- Announce the template on the [Template Announcement](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/discussions/825) discussion board
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