Enhance - ng generate route

ng route update

The current mechanism to add routes does not provide the flexibility that is needed to generate routes

Current

ng route library yields:

|-- app
|   |-- library
|   |   |-- library-detail.component.html
|   |   |-- library-detail.component.css
|   |   |-- library-detail.component.spec.ts
|   |   |-- library-detail.component.ts
|   |   |-- library-list.component.html
|   |   |-- library-list.component.css
|   |   |-- library-list.component.spec.ts
|   |   |-- library-list.component.ts
|   |   |-- library-root.component.spec.ts
|   |   |-- library-root.component.ts
|   |   |-- library.service.spec.ts
|   |   |-- library.service.ts
|   |-- ...
|-- app.ts

Issues

• Not all routes will want a root, list and detail components.
• All routes are added to the root (no child routes)
• Need to be more granular with what is generated (via params)

Concerns with new proposal

• Simplicity - make it easy for devs to use
• Style - adhere to a community accepted style guide

Proposed

Create a list of parameters to configure what is generated out of ng route <name>

Parameters

• Parent [optional]
  • will specify where the new route will be placed
  • will allow adding of child routes without cd-ing to that route/directory
• routes [optional]
  • list of child routes to be created

Parameters can be specified via command line i.e.

• With children

  ng generate route library --routes book reference
  

• Create base with one child then add another by specifying parent

  ng generate route library --routes book
  ng generate route book --parent library
  

When calling the command with no arguments the user can be prompted

ng generate route
> Name of the route to generate?
> Parent route? (hit enter for no parent)
> Child route?

If more than one instance of parent is found the user will be prompted to choose

[Brocco]

@ravtakhar yes, I am currently working on the generation of routes

[Brocco]

@oreon you are doing nothing wrong, the route template is currently under construction and in a state of flux. Until it is ready you can generate a component and register it as a route in the parent component.