@slater/cli
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shopify theme management toolkit
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slater
A Shopify theme development toolkit.
Features
- bare-bones base theme
- JS and CSS compilation via spaghetti
- live reloading
- easy config
- simple CLI
Install
npm i -g @slater/cli
Getting Started
The easist way to get started with slater
is slater init
. init
outputs a
default folder structure into the directory of your choice.
slater init <root>
You'll need to define one or more themes in the provided slater.config.js
file
to deploy to, similar to a standard Shopify config.yml
file.
module.exports = {
themes: {
development: {
id: '12345...',
password: 'abcde...',
store: 'store-name.myshopify.com',
ignore: []
}
}
}
Then, from the project root:
slater watch
And that's it! slater
will watch your local theme for changes and sync them to
your remote site when they update 🎉.
Configuration
By default, slater
looks for a slater.config.js
file in the project root.
Defaults below:
module.exports = {
in: '/src',
out: '/build',
assets: '/src/scripts/index.js',
themes: {}
}
Themes
Themes are configured similarly to a standard Shopify config.yml
file.
module.exports = {
themes: {
development: {
id: '12345...',
password: 'abcde...',
store: 'store-name.myshopify.com',
ignore: [ 'snippets/test.liquid' ]
}
}
}
You can define as many as you like:
module.exports = {
themes: {
sandbox: { ... },
development: { ... },
production: { ... }
}
}
And reference each using the --theme
flag on the CLI (defaults to
development
).
slater sync --theme production
Assets
slater
uses spaghetti internally to
compile JS and CSS, using most goodies you'll want from the Babel and PostCSS
ecosystems.
To compile CSS, just import your root stylesheet into your JavaScript index file a la:
import '../main.css'
/* your code here */
Commands
watch
Watches for file changes and syncs updates to your specified theme.
slater watch
build
Compiles assets and copies all files from the config.in
directory to the
config.out
directory.
slater watch
sync
Sync local files or directories to your remote theme. A direct interface to
[@slater/sync], which @slater/cli
uses internally.
slater sync build/snippets/hero.liquid # file
slater sync build/snippets # directory
slater sync # defaults to config.out
Options
Any of the core commands can be combined with the following options:
--config <path>
- specify the path to your config file--theme <name>
- specify a named theme from your config file
Deployment
To deploy a theme, combine the above commands as needed:
slater build && slater sync --theme production
API
slater
can also be used directly in node. The configuration is the same, but
instead of themes
, simply define a single theme
:
// see options above
const config = {
in: '/theme',
out: '/dist',
assets: '/theme/js/index.js',
theme: {
id: '',
password: '',
store: '',
ignore: []
}
}
const app = require('@slater/cli')(config)
Methods
All methods return a Promise
.
build
Compile assets.
app.build().then(() => console.log('all done!'))
watch
Watches for file changes and syncs updates to your specified theme.
app.watch()
copy
Copies all files from the config.in
directory to the config.out
directory.
app.copy()
Live-reloading & HTTPS
slater
uses an local SSL certification to correspond with Shopify's HTTPS
hosted themes. To take advantage of live-reloading, you need to create a
security exception for the slater
cert (this is safe). To do this, load
https://localhost:3000 in your browser, and following
the instructions for adding an exception. If it works, you should see this in
your browser window:
@slater/cli successfully connected
License
MIT License © The Couch