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Generating a Project from a Framework Template

PyCharm can create new framework-specific applications for you, set up their structure, and download the required packages, if necessary. You can also use the Yeoman generator, see Yeoman for details.

HTML5 Boilerplate, Web Starter Kit, Bootstrap, or Foundation application

  1. Choose File | New | Project on the main menu or click Create New Project on the Welcome screen. The New Project dialog box opens.

  2. In the left-hand pane, choose the template to use depending on your preferences and the functionality to be implemented in your application:
    • HTML5 Boilerplate: choose this option to use the HTML5 Boilerplate template. This is a starting project template that can be easily adapted to your needs.

    • Web Starter Kit: choose this option to use the Web Starter Kit.

    • Bootstrap: choose this option to use the Bootstrap template, which is an elaborate modular toolkit with rich HTML, CSS, and JavaScript support.

    • Foundation: choose this option to use the Foundation framework.

  3. The set of controls in the right-hand pane depends on the chosen template.
    1. Specify the path to the folder where the project-related files will be stored.

    2. From the Version drop-down list, choose the template version to use and click Create.

Node.js Express application

Before you start:

  1. Install Node.js and configure it as a local Node.js interpreter.

  2. Install and enable the NodeJS repository plugin on the Plugins page as described in Managing Plugins.

To generate a Node.js application

  1. Choose File | New | Project on the main menu or click Create New Project on the Welcome screen. The New Project dialog box opens.

  2. In the left-hand pane, choose Node.js Express App.

  3. In the right-hand pane:
    1. Specify the path to the folder where the project-related files will be stored.

    2. The path to the Node.js executable file node.exe and to the Node.js package manager file npm.cmd.

    3. The Express template engine to use. From the Template engine drop-down list, choose one of the following:
    4. The CSS engine to use. From the CSS engine drop-down list, choose one of the following:
  4. Click Create, when ready. PyCharm launches the Express Project Generator tool that downloads all the required data, sets up the project structure, and opens the project either in the current window or in a new one, depending on your choice.

Meteor application

  1. Choose File | New | Project on the main menu or click Create New Project on the Welcome screen. The New Project dialog box opens.

  2. In the left-hand pane, choose Meteor App.

  3. In the right-hand pane:
    1. Specify the path to the folder where the project-related files will be stored.

    2. Specify the location of the Meteor executable file (see Installing Meteor).

    3. From the Template drop-down list, choose the sample to generate. To have a basic project structure generated, choose the Default option.

    4. In the Filename text box, type the name for the mutually related .js, .html, and .css files that will be generated. The text box is available only if the Default sample type is selected from the Template drop-dow list.

  4. When you click Create, PyCharm generates a skeleton of a Meteor application, including an HTML file, a JavaScript file, a CSS file, and a .meteor folder with subfolders. PyCharm automatically marks the .meteor/local folder, which is intended for storing the built application, as excluded but still shows it in the project tree.

    By default, excluded files are shown in the project tree. To hide the .meteor/local folder, click the icons general gearPlain svg button on the toolbar of the Project tool window and remove a tick next to the Show Excluded Files option.

PhoneGap/Cordova/Ionic application

  1. Choose File | New | Project on the main menu or click Create New Project on the Welcome screen. The New Project dialog box opens.

  2. In the left-hand pane, choose Cordova App.

  3. In the right-hand pane:
    1. Specify the path to the folder where the project-related files will be stored.

    2. Specify the location of the executable file phonegap.cmd, or cordova.cmd, or ionic.cmd (see Installing PhoneGap/Cordova/Ionic).

  4. When you click Create, PyCharm generates a skeleton of a PhoneGap/Cordova/Ionic application with the framework-specific structure.

AngularJS application

  1. Choose File | New | Project on the main menu or click Create New Project on the Welcome screen. The New Project dialog box opens.

  2. In the left-hand pane, choose AngularJS.

  3. In the right-hand pane, specify the path to the folder where the project-related files will be stored.

  4. When you click Create, PyCharm generates the AngularJS-specific project structure with all the required configuration files based on the AngularJS seed project

  5. Download the AngularJS dependencies that contain the AngularJS code and the tools that support development and testing: open the embedded Terminal (View | Tool Windows | Terminal or Alt+F12) and type npm install at the command prompt. Learn more about installing dependencies in the Install Dependencies section of the readme.md file.

React application with create-react-app

  1. Choose File | New | Project on the main menu or click Create New Project on the Welcome screen. The New Project dialog box opens.

  2. In the left-hand pane, choose React App.

  3. In the right-hand pane, specify the project folder, the Node.js interpreter to use, and the path to the create-react-app package.

  4. Optionally:
    Specify a custom package to use instead of react-scripts during the project generation. This can be one of the packages forked from react-scripts, for example, react-awesome-scripts, custom-react-scripts, react-scripts-ts, etc.

  5. When you click Create, PyCharm generates a React-specific project with all the required configuration files.

Vue.js application with vue-cli

  1. Choose File | New | Project on the main menu or click Create New Project on the Welcome screen. The New Project dialog box opens.

  2. In the left-hand pane, choose Vue.js.

  3. In the right-hand pane:
    1. Specify the path to the folder where the project-related files will be stored.

    2. In the Node Interpreter field, specify the Node.js interpreter to use. Choose a configured interpreter from the drop-down list or choose Add to configure a new one

    3. In the vue-cli or @vue/cli field, specify the folder where the vue-cli or the @vue/cli package is stored.

    4. From the Project template list, choose the Vue.js template to use.

  4. When you click Create, PyCharm asks you some additional questions about tools, like linters and the test runner, that can be added to the project. These questions vary depending on the template you've selected. After that, PyCharm generates a Vue.js-specific project with all the required configuration files.

Last modified: 21 November 2018

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