Create Glee App

The easiest way to get started with Glee is by using create-glee-app. This CLI tool enables you to quickly start building a new Glee application, with everything set up for you. You can create a new app using the default Glee template, or by using one of the official Glee examples. To get started, use the following command:

npx create-glee-app

To create a new app in a specific folder, you can send a name as an argument. For example, the following command will create a new Glee app called blog-app in a folder with the same name:

npx create-glee-app blog-app

Options

create-glee-app comes with the following options:

• -e, --example [name]|[github-url] - An example to bootstrap the app with. You can use an example name from the Glee repo or a GitHub URL. The URL can use any branch and/or subdirectory.
• --example-path <path-to-example> - In a rare case, your GitHub URL might contain a branch name with a slash (e.g. bug/fix-1) and the path to the example (e.g. foo/bar). In this case, you must specify the path to the example separately: --example-path foo/bar

Why use Create Glee App?

create-glee-app allows you to create a new Glee app within seconds. It is officially maintained by the creators of Glee, and includes a number of benefits:

• Interactive Experience: Running npx create-glee-app (with no arguments) launches an interactive experience that guides you through setting up a project.
• Zero Dependencies: Initializing a project is as quick as one second. Create Glee App has zero dependencies.
• Support for Examples: Create Glee App can bootstrap your application using an example from the Glee examples collection (e.g. npx create-glee-app --example shrek-websockets).
• Tested: The package is tested together with the Glee test suite, ensuring it works as expected with every release.