Blog - Plop — a micro-generator to ease your daily life - concrete example

plopfile.js

const modulePath = "app/modules/{{camelCase name}}.js";

module.exports = ( plop ) => {

  plop.setGenerator( "model", {
  
    // …
    
    actions: [
        // Add a new model + tests boilerplate.
        {
          type: "add",
          path: "app/modules/{{camelCase name}}.model.js",
          templateFile: "plop-templates/model.js"
        },
        {
          type: "add",
          path: "app/tests/{{camelCase name}}.model.tests.js",
          templateFile: "plop-templates/model.tests.js"
        },
        
        // Modify the module file to inject created model.
        // This is basically RegExp replacement.
        {
          type: "modify",
          path: modulePath,
          pattern: /(\/\/ IMPORT MODULE FILES)/g,
          template: "$1\nimport Model from \"./{{camelCase name}}.model\";"
        },
        {
          type: "modify",
          path: modulePath,
          pattern: /(const namespace = "\w+";)/g,
          template: "$1\n\nModel = Model.extend( { namespace: namespace } );"
        }
    ]
    
  } );

};