NPX package

[nimit2801]

Can we create an npx package for discord.js to bootstrap the process of setting up the package?

npx create-discord-bot pokemon-bot

Thoughts?

[nimit2801]

https://peterthehan.github.io/create-discord-bot/
I got this article online he already has these things published, but something from discord.js would enforce best practices, and we can add this in the discord guide too.

[advaith1]

I don't really see the point of this; if you want to quickly get started, just copy-paste the example from the discord.js homepage

[nimit2801]

For me I make a lot of community discord bots and setting up everything from scratch is a bit repetitive. So I thought of adding something within the DJs guide so that people can directly take npx packages from there and learn more about bot dev and best practices.

[splatterxl]

You could make a GitHub template repository for it, and just select "Use template" when creating a new bot

[nimit2801]

Yes, I can but we can use this same template and maybe feature it on the guide or DJs documentation, so that the bot dev can get a good predefined template and just work on the logic of the bot.

[splatterxl]

I mean, it's really not necessary from that perspective as you can just npm init, install dependencies and start typing in index.js (and copy-paste from the docs if needed)! Discord.js isn't really that much of a complicated library to set up.

[twlite]

There are some good discord bot template generators such as https://github.com/stuyy/slappey
which you can run using npx slappey new <name of project>