Summary

This is a tool that helps in generating project items from templates, getting data into the database and syncing (versioning) database schema with scripts. All this done in a team environment, sharing across multiple developers and projects. Which makes it easier for standing up a development environment, testing and deployment.

This is an early alpha

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Functionality

Jenny has four primary functions:

• Code Generation
  • Creating project files from templates and database tables. This requires more configuration but provides the most assistance.
  • This process will aid in creating all the scaffolding needed to create and stand up any type of application. What type of application, is merely dependent on the templates being used.
  • These templates can be any type, C#, Javascript, Typescript, SQL, etc.
• Code snippet
  • This is the simplest form and requires minimal configuration.
  • These code templates are just short cuts to get a file started. These can be used to aid in ensuring a certain coding convention is followed, or just to save time.
  • Because the template is created by Node from the command line, it is not dependent on either an OS or an IDE.
• Data Generation
  • This will populate the database with human data types.
  • How this data is populated is defined in the configuration file. The data that gets created either goes straight into the database, is saved to a file - for use later, or both. The files that are generated are typically used for the developer build process.
  • Seed data files that are created can be used with Data Sync to ensure the database is populated with specific data.
• Data Sync
  • Running SQL scripts to keep the database version and code version in sync for the developer.
  • This not only keeps the separate code bases in sync, but helps a developer get the latest version of the database schema and data. This great for QA as a build can ensure that certain data can be added to ensure the QA tests match the data.

Current State

Right now only one function has been written:

jenny generate

This function will be replaced to reflect the concepts on the Code Generation in the wiki.