NAME¶

easygen - Easy to use universal code/text generator

SYNOPSIS¶

easygen [flags] template_name [data_filename [data_filename...]]

data_filename(s): The name for the .yaml or .json data.

• If omitted derive from the template_name.
• Can have the extension or without it. If withot extension, will try .yaml first then .json
• Can include the path as well.

template_name: The name for the template file.

• Can have the extension or without it.
• Can include the path as well.
• Can be a comma-separated list giving many template files, in which case at least one data_filename must be given.

DESCRIPTION¶

Command easygen is an easy to use universal code/text generator.

It can be used as a text or html generator for arbitrary purposes with arbitrary data and templates. It is a good GSL replacement, as it

• is more easy to define driving data, in form of YML instead of XML
• has more powerful template engine that based on Go template. You can even write your own function in Go to customize your template.

You can even use easygen as a generic Go template testing tool using the -ts commandline option, and much more.

Usage¶

It's very easy to use -- just type easygen and following the inline help. Or try the following example to get started:

    export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin


    $ easygen $GOPATH/src/github.com/go-easygen/easygen/test/list0


    The colors are: red, blue, white, .


    cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/go-easygen/easygen


    $ easygen test/list1


    The quoted colors are: "red", "blue", "white", .


    $ easygen -tf test/listfunc1 test/list0


    red, blue, white.

EXAMPLES¶

easygen comes with comprehensive online documents. For further details, please go to:

https://github.com/go-easygen/easygen

https://suntong.github.io/blogs/2016/01/01/easygen--easy-to-use-universal-code/text-generator

https://github.com/go-easygen/easygen/blob/master/using_easygen.md

https://github.com/go-easygen/easygen/wiki/Getting-Started

https://godoc.org/github.com/go-easygen/easygen#pkg-examples