@dhruvinjs/appinit 1.0.2 → 1.0.4

package/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @dhruvinjs/appinit
 
-Backend project generator CLI.
+Express backend starter with optional WebSocket, DB, and Docker support.
 
 This package creates an Express-based backend starter with optional WebSocket support (`ws` or `socket.io`), optional DB setup (`mongo` or `postgresql_prisma`), and optional Dockerfile generation.
 

package/dist/index.js

@@ -150,6 +150,23 @@ Examples:
                 console.error(`❌ Error: Invalid package manager "${options.pm}". Use: npm, pnpm, or yarn`);
                 process.exit(1);
             }
+            // Check if the specified package manager is installed
+            if (!(await isToolInstalled(options.pm))) {
+                const fallbackPm = await inquirer.prompt([
+                    {
+                        type: "confirm",
+                        name: "useFallback",
+                        message: `⚠️  Package manager "${options.pm}" is not installed. Would you like to use npm instead?`,
+                        default: true,
+                    },
+                ]);
+                if (!fallbackPm.useFallback) {
+                    console.log("❌ Cancelled: Please install the required package manager and try again.");
+                    process.exit(0);
+                }
+                // Use npm as fallback
+                options.pm = "npm";
+            }
         }
         // Commander negated options can set defaults implicitly.
         // Only treat docker as explicitly configured when the user passed a docker flag.
@@ -293,6 +310,22 @@ Examples:
         if (fullConfig.docker && !(await isToolInstalled("docker"))) {
             console.warn('Warning: "docker" is not installed. Dockerfile will be generated, but you cannot build/run containers until Docker is installed.');
         }
+        let resolvedPm = options.pm || fullConfig.packageManager || "npm";
+        if (!(await isToolInstalled(resolvedPm))) {
+            const fallbackPm = await inquirer.prompt([
+                {
+                    type: "confirm",
+                    name: "useFallback",
+                    message: `Package manager "${resolvedPm}" is not installed. Would you like to use npm instead?`,
+                    default: true,
+                },
+            ]);
+            if (!fallbackPm.useFallback) {
+                console.log("❌ Cancelled: Please install the required package manager and try again.");
+                process.exit(0);
+            }
+            resolvedPm = "npm";
+        }
         await setup_restApi_project({
             db: fullConfig.database,
             path: project_path,
@@ -302,7 +335,7 @@ Examples:
             websocket_package: fullConfig.websocket_package,
             Dockerfile: fullConfig.docker,
             skipGit: options.git === false,
-            packageManager: options.pm || fullConfig.packageManager || "npm",
+            packageManager: resolvedPm,
         });
     }
     catch (error) {

package/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@dhruvinjs/appinit",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
-  "description": "",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
+  "description": "Express backend starter with optional WebSocket, DB, and Docker support.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.3",
     "ora": "^9.1.0",
     "unique-names-generator": "^4.7.1",
-    "appinit-templates": "1.0.1"
+    "appinit-templates": "1.0.2"
   },
   "author": "dhruvinjs",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
-    "build": "npx tsc -b",
-    "dev": "tsc -b && node dist/index.js"
+    "dev": "tsc -b && node dist/index.js",
+    "build": "tsc -b"
   }
 }