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Commands

The primary command for Exon CLI is create.
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create <name>
command
Scaffolds a new Express project in a folder with the specified <name>.
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--docker, -D
option
Enables Docker support immediately, adding a Dockerfile, .dockerignore, and docker-compose.yml to the project.

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Examples

To create a project named blog-backend with TypeScript and Docker: 
exon-cli create blog-backend --ts --docker

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Interactive Prompts

When you run the create command without flags, the CLI walks you through a series of interactive prompts:
  1. Language Selection: Choose between TypeScript and JavaScript.
  2. Database ORM: Choose between Mongoose, Prisma, Drizzle, or None.
  3. Docker Support: Choose whether to generate a Docker configuration.
Based on your selections, output messages and progress are displayed in the terminal. Exon CLI will also attempt to run npm install for you in the newly created folder, so you can immediately begin developing.