5. App Template¶
Most of the time, you will use couchapp generate
to create a new
CouchApp with the default directory layout, example functions, and
vendor directories. If you find yourself creating multiple CouchApps
that always contain the same third-party or in-house files and
libraries, you might consider creating a custom app template containing
these files and using the --template
option of the generate command
to create your customized CouchApps.
After creating a new couchapp, you will have a project structure that looks something like this template project. The following libraries are included with your new CouchApp by default.
~/.couchapp
¶
Custom templates are stored as subdirectories under the
~/.couchapp/templates
directory. The name of the subdirectory is
used in the --template
option to specify which template files are
to be used in the couchapp generate
command. The default template
name is app, so by creating ~/.couchapp/templates/app
and placing
files and directories under that path, you can replace almost all of the
default files created by couchapp generate
.
Libraries¶
CouchDB API jquery.couch.js¶
The JQuery library included with CouchDB itself for use by the Futon admin console is used to interact with couchdb.
CouchApp Loader jquery.couch.app.js¶
A utility for loading design document classes into your Javascript application