JSJ 312: Hygen with Dotan Nahum

Panel: Charles Max WoodAimee KnightAJ ONeal Special Guests: Dotan NahumIn this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss Hygen with Dotan Nahum. Dotan has worked within open source community, where he created Hygen. They talk about what Hygen is, how it came to be, and code generators in general. He was inspired by the Rails generator to create his own generator and took his inspiration from 12 years prior to creating Hygen. They also touch on how to share generators in separate packages and much more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:Dotan introWhat is Hygen?Code generatorsRails in 2006Ruby on Rails 15-minute blog videoPHP and PythonCarried Rails wow moment with him into creating HygenWanted Rails generators everywhereCan you also modify files?Took the good things from Rails generatorThe fact that front-end apps have architecture is newReduxThe solution of generating codeA component is a ray of files and assetsJavaScript gives you great freedomA standardized way of doing componentsGraphQLEverything lives in the “day job” projectHow the Hygen template is formattedCan have a shell actionIs there a way to share generators in a separate package?GoAnd much, much more!Links:HygenRailsRuby on Rails 15-minute blog videoPythonReduxJavaScriptGraphQLGo@jondotDotan’s GitHubDotan’s MediumPicks:CharlesFluent ConfHot JarDevChat.tvEthereumAimeeDeep-copying in JavaScriptAJLet’s EncryptNintendo SwitchBreath of the WildDotanasdfBrew CaskSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.