Xcode Boilerplate code generator — XCB

If you are an iOS Engineer and want to get rid of the file creation process while you are writing your awesome new feature, then XCB may help you!

XCB (Xcode boilerplate) is a boilerplate code generator. It automatically generates files and connects them with your Xcode project. This is my first program ever in Ruby, I literally googled every line. You are welcome to improve it if you are a Ruby master!

Installation

Clone the repository and run the following in your terminal.

./install.sh

How to

All you have to do is specify in the template folders the subfolders and the files that you want to be generated. You can find a viper example by default in the template folder.

Run the following command to access the template folder

open ~/.xcb/template

Usage

If you want to create a new module just go to your project directory and run

sh ~/.xcb/xcb.sh Home

This will create at the top level of your project a folder called Home and all the boilerplate files.

If you want to specify the targets of the files just run

sh ~/.xcb/xcb.sh Home targets=target1,target2

If you want to specify a folder under your main target just run

sh ~/.xcb/xcb.sh Home folder=MyFolder

Placeholders

Supported placeholders that you can use for the text right now:

template will be replaced with the name of the module

dd will be replaced by the day of creation

mm will be replaced by the month of creation

yy will be replaced by the year of creation

project_name will be replaced by the project name

user_name will be replaced by the user name of the system

That’s all folks! If you know ruby and have any ideas don’t hesitate to improve it. You can find the project here.