Dire need for a major update/overhaul

[anirudhgiri]

Dire need for a major update/overhaul

[dougwilson]

Hi @anirudhgiri you are correct, this project is in need of a overhaul. Things like the es6 option are juat unsustainable to add in the long term (I mean, how many if statements can you out around raw text in a file in the end?). A project member was rewriting the generator to not only be up to date, but use the new npm init (https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-init) syntax instead of needing to first insall an executable and then run it. This is supposed to completely replace this generator. I'm not sure what happned to that project. I will take a look in to the state of that, but will also at least get this one generating with the current express 4 in the interim.

[dougwilson]

Here is the repo that is the WIP to replace this package: https://github.com/wesleytodd/create-express-app

@dougwilson unfortunately, that WIP seems to be outdated too, having the latest commit from Jun 3, 2019 😄

[dougwilson]

Hi @mstranecky-deloittece have you considered trying to contribute there to help it along if you find it outdated? The purpose is to replace this package. If not, what do you think the plan forward should be and who should do it?

[dougwilson]

As for the original issue here, I never heard back and the answer to the question was provided: yes, this package is in dire need for a major update/overhaul and that effort is located here: https://github.com/wesleytodd/create-express-app