create-backtick-app 0.1.5 → 0.1.6

package/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # create-backtick-app
 
-Creates an app whose screens come from your server, with [Backtick](https://backtickjs.com). Pick React Native and you get an Expo app with a Backtick server beside it; pick React or Solid and you get a web page served by one. Each starts with a welcome screen written as a server component, a small client component, and a development setup that redraws the screen when you save.
+Creates an app whose screens come from your server, with [Backtick](https://backtickjs.com): an Expo app with a Backtick server beside it, or with `--template react` or `--template solid-js`, a web page served by one. Each starts with a welcome screen written as a server component, a small client component, and a development setup that redraws the screen when you save.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -17,13 +17,7 @@ yarn create backtick-app
 bun create backtick-app
 ```
 
-It asks only what the command line didn't say:
-
-1. What is your app named? (default `my-app`)
-2. Which framework? `react-native` (an Expo app), `react` or `solid-js` (a web page)
-3. Which runtime? `node` or `bun`: Bun is the default when you ran it with Bun (`bun create`), Node otherwise
-
-It then copies the template into a new directory, installs with the package manager you ran it with (npm, pnpm, Yarn or Bun), and prints the commands to start. Requires Node 22.15 or later.
+It asks for a name, and nothing else: it copies the React Native template into that directory, installs with the package manager you ran it with (npm, pnpm, Yarn or Bun), and prints the commands to start. The server runs on Node, or on Bun when you ran it with Bun (`bun create`). Given the name on the command line, it asks nothing. Requires Node 22.15 or later.
 
 ## Options
 
@@ -31,13 +25,13 @@ It then copies the template into a new directory, installs with the package mana
 npx create-backtick-app@latest [name] [options]
 ```
 
-| Option                  | Description                                                                     |
-| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `name`                  | The directory to create, and the app's name. It must be new or empty.           |
-| `-t, --template <name>` | `react-native`, `react` or `solid-js`.                                          |
-| `-r, --runtime <name>`  | What runs your Backtick server: `node` or `bun`.                                |
-| `-y, --yes`             | Ask nothing: `my-app`, `react-native`, and Bun if run with Bun, Node otherwise. |
-| `--no-install`          | Copy the files without installing dependencies.                                 |
+| Option                  | Description                                                           |
+| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `name`                  | The directory to create, and the app's name. It must be new or empty. |
+| `-t, --template <name>` | `react-native`, the default; or `react` or `solid-js`, a web page.    |
+| `-r, --runtime <name>`  | What runs your Backtick server: `node`, the default, or `bun`.        |
+| `-y, --yes`             | Take `my-app` as the name rather than asking.                         |
+| `--no-install`          | Copy the files without installing dependencies.                       |
 
 With `npm create`, pass options after `--`: `npm create backtick-app@latest my-app -- -t react`.
 

package/dist/index.js

@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ const RUNTIMES = {
 };
 const USAGE = `Usage: create-backtick-app [name] [options]
 
+Creates a React Native app with a Backtick server beside it, on Node, or on
+Bun when run with Bun.
+
 Options:
   -t, --template <name>  The framework: ${Object.keys(TEMPLATES).join(", ")}
   -r, --runtime <name>   The server's runtime: ${Object.keys(RUNTIMES).join(", ")}
-  -y, --yes              Use the defaults for anything not given
+  -y, --yes              Take my-app as the name rather than asking
   --no-install           Skip installing packages
-  -h, --help             Show this help
-
-Asks for what isn't given, in a terminal; elsewhere, uses the defaults:
-my-app, react-native, and node (bun when run with bun).`;
+  -h, --help             Show this help`;
 let parsed;
 try {
     parsed = parseArgs({
@@ -103,41 +103,24 @@ if (values.runtime !== undefined && !(values.runtime in RUNTIMES)) {
 const manager = (process.env.npm_config_user_agent ?? "npm").split("/")[0];
 const run = ["npm", "pnpm", "yarn", "bun"].includes(manager) ? manager : "npm";
 const suggestedRuntime = run === "bun" ? "bun" : "node";
-// Asked only what the command line didn't say, and only in a terminal: an
-// agent or a CI script can't answer, so it gets the defaults, as `--yes` does.
-const ask = process.stdin.isTTY === true && !values.yes;
+// The name is the one question, asked when none was given, and only in a
+// terminal: an agent or a CI script can't answer, so it gets `my-app`, as
+// `--yes` does. The framework and the runtime have defaults, and flags for
+// the rest, as create-expo-app does: a name on the command line is a project
+// with no questions.
+const ask = positionals[0] === undefined && process.stdin.isTTY === true && !values.yes;
 const answers = await prompts([
     {
-        type: positionals[0] !== undefined || !ask ? null : "text",
+        type: ask ? "text" : null,
         name: "name",
         message: "What is your app named?",
         initial: "my-app",
     },
-    {
-        type: values.template !== undefined || !ask ? null : "select",
-        name: "template",
-        message: "Which framework?",
-        choices: Object.entries(TEMPLATES).map(([value, template]) => ({
-            title: template.title,
-            description: template.description,
-            value,
-        })),
-    },
-    {
-        type: values.runtime !== undefined || !ask ? null : "select",
-        name: "runtime",
-        message: "Which runtime?",
-        choices: Object.entries(RUNTIMES).map(([value, runtime]) => ({
-            title: runtime.title,
-            value,
-        })),
-        initial: Object.keys(RUNTIMES).indexOf(suggestedRuntime),
-    },
 ], { onCancel: () => process.exit(1) });
 const name = positionals[0] ?? answers.name ?? "my-app";
-const templateName = values.template ?? answers.template ?? "react-native";
+const templateName = values.template ?? "react-native";
 const template = TEMPLATES[templateName];
-const runtimeName = values.runtime ?? answers.runtime ?? suggestedRuntime;
+const runtimeName = values.runtime ?? suggestedRuntime;
 const target = path.resolve(name);
 const slug = path.basename(target);
 if (existsSync(target) && readdirSync(target).length > 0) {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-backtick-app",
-  "version": "0.1.5",
+  "version": "0.1.6",
   "description": "Creates a Backtick app: React Native, React or Solid, with screens from your server on Node or Bun",
   "keywords": [
     "backtick",

package/templates/react/package.json

@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
     "format:check": "prettier --check --ignore-unknown ."
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@backtickjs/bundler": "^0.1.5",
-    "@backtickjs/core": "^0.1.5",
-    "@backtickjs/node-plugin": "^0.1.5",
+    "@backtickjs/bundler": "^0.1.6",
+    "@backtickjs/core": "^0.1.6",
+    "@backtickjs/node-plugin": "^0.1.6",
     "@backtickjs/react": "^19.2.3",
     "typescript": "^6.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@backtickjs/prettier-plugin": "^0.1.5",
-    "@backtickjs/tsc": "^0.1.5",
+    "@backtickjs/prettier-plugin": "^0.1.6",
+    "@backtickjs/tsc": "^0.1.6",
     "@types/node": "^25.9.1",
     "prettier": "^3.6.2"
   },

package/templates/react-native/package.json

@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
     "format:check": "prettier --check --ignore-unknown ."
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@backtickjs/bundler": "^0.1.5",
-    "@backtickjs/core": "^0.1.5",
-    "@backtickjs/node-plugin": "^0.1.5",
+    "@backtickjs/bundler": "^0.1.6",
+    "@backtickjs/core": "^0.1.6",
+    "@backtickjs/node-plugin": "^0.1.6",
     "@backtickjs/react": "^19.2.3",
     "@backtickjs/react-native": "^0.86.3",
-    "@backtickjs/react-native-client": "^0.1.5",
+    "@backtickjs/react-native-client": "^0.1.6",
     "expo": "~57.0.26",
     "expo-constants": "~57.0.20",
     "expo-status-bar": "~57.0.1",
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
     "typescript": "^6.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@backtickjs/prettier-plugin": "^0.1.5",
-    "@backtickjs/tsc": "^0.1.5",
+    "@backtickjs/prettier-plugin": "^0.1.6",
+    "@backtickjs/tsc": "^0.1.6",
     "@testing-library/react": "^16.3.3",
     "@types/node": "^25.9.1",
     "@types/react": "19.2.18",

package/templates/solid-js/package.json

@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
     "format:check": "prettier --check --ignore-unknown ."
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@backtickjs/bundler": "^0.1.5",
-    "@backtickjs/core": "^0.1.5",
-    "@backtickjs/node-plugin": "^0.1.5",
+    "@backtickjs/bundler": "^0.1.6",
+    "@backtickjs/core": "^0.1.6",
+    "@backtickjs/node-plugin": "^0.1.6",
     "@backtickjs/solid-js": "^1.9.14",
     "typescript": "^6.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@backtickjs/prettier-plugin": "^0.1.5",
-    "@backtickjs/tsc": "^0.1.5",
+    "@backtickjs/prettier-plugin": "^0.1.6",
+    "@backtickjs/tsc": "^0.1.6",
     "@types/node": "^25.9.1",
     "prettier": "^3.6.2"
   },