Announcing [Scaf]foldr

The long version is over at scaffoldr.beetlejoose.co.uk but in short:

I’ve built a small application to turn an X-Tree like directory structure, drawn in an ASCII text file into a full application structure. The highlights:

• Create directory structures from ascii files – without Right-Click, New Folder, Rename; Right-Click, New Folder, Rename
• Basic file scaffolding for known file-types (html, js etc)
• Include a comment in your scaffolded file, directly from the scaffold definition
• Download and use external files, directly from the scaffold definition
• Not Yeoman or Bower

Head over to scaffoldr.beetlejoose.co.uk to try it out. I might have even open-sourced it on BitBucket for others to contribute/make suggestions.

I’m using the command line a lot more now that I’ve decided to finally learn Git and – powerful as it is – I’m still finding minor annoyances that are easily overcome with a little shell hacking.

Todays annoyance came from not being able to create a directory and automatically enter it with a single command. Easy:

1. Open up your shell’s config file:
[Bash Users]
nano ~/.bashsrc

[ZSH Users]
zshconfig

2. Add the following function:
[Bash Users]
mkcd () {
mkdir -p "$*" && cd "$*"
}

[ZSH Users]
mkcd () {
md "$*" && cd "$*"
}

3. Save / Close nano
Ctrl + O -> Enter -> Ctrl + X

4. Start a new bash session
CMD+W to close the current window, CMD+N for a new one

5. Test:
mkcd test1/test2

You should be now in the test2 directory