Node-based Project Generator (templates not included)

generator.js

var Generator = (function () {
	var Mustache = require("./lib/mustache.min.js"),
		fs = require("fs")

	function Generator() {
		this.templateDir = null
		this.config = null
	}

	Generator.prototype.init = function(projectDir) {
		process.chdir(projectDir)
		console.log("project directory: ", process.cwd())
	}

	Generator.prototype.addDirectory = function(path) {
		console.log("adding directory: ", path)
		fs.mkdirSync(path)
	}

	Generator.prototype.addFile = function(template, outpath) {
		var templatePath = this.templateDir + "/" + template
		var templateSource = fs.readFileSync(templatePath, "utf8")

		var output = Mustache.render(templateSource, this.config)

		console.log("adding file:", outpath)
		fs.writeFileSync(outpath, output)
	}

	return Generator
}())


var PROJECT_TYPES = (function () {
	
	var types = {}

	types.cmake = function () {
		console.log("generating CMake project")

		this.addDirectory("src")
		if (this.config.duktape) {
			this.addDirectory("vendor")
			this.addDirectory("vendor/duktape")
		}

		this.addFile("CMakeLists.txt", "CMakeLists.txt")
		if (this.config.duktape) {
			this.addFile("duktape-main.cpp", "src/main.cpp")
		}
	}
	types.duktape = types.cmake

	types.csharp = function () {
		console.log("generating C# project")

		var mainfile = this.config.name + ".cs"
		this.addFile("main.cs", mainfile)

		this.config.mainfile = mainfile
		this.config.compiler = "csc"
		this.addFile("build.bat", "build.bat")
	}
	types.cs = types.csharp

	types.VisualBasic = function () {
		console.log("generating Visual Basic project")

		var mainfile = this.config.name + ".vb"
		this.addFile("main.vb", mainfile)

		this.config.mainfile = mainfile
		this.config.compiler = "vbc"
		this.config.vb = true
		this.addFile("build.bat", "build.bat")
	}
	types.VB = types.VisualBasic
	types.vb = types.VisualBasic

	return types

}())


var generator = new Generator()

var targetDir;
if (process.argv.length > 2) {
	targetDir = process.argv[2]
} else {
	targetDir = process.cwd()
}

generator.init(targetDir)

// no error checking 
// because we would fail if no project.json was found
var config = require(process.cwd() + "/project.json")
generator.config = config
generator.templateDir = __dirname + "/templates"

if (!config.type || !config.name) {
	console.log("project type and name are required")
	return
}

var generate = PROJECT_TYPES[config.type]
if (!generate) {
	console.log("project type was not recognized")
	return
}

generate.call(generator)