Although I have many cheatsheets covering specifics of some of the below stacks (E.g. TypeScript), I wanted a single cheatsheet that covers quick init methods that you might need when setting up a project. This is that cheatsheet.

Scaffolding in General

• Ultimate project scaffolder: Yeoman (aka yo)
• Scratchpad-Playgrounds - Collection of prebuilt workspaces and online sandboxes so you can quickly try out different languages and frameworks!
• anyfiddle/starter-template-images - Collection of Docker images for various programming languages and frameworks
• Elevator Pitches -> Online Sandboxes - Sites where you can play around with code, and often quickly initialize a "playground" from a template.

Web Stack

• package.json / dependencies
  • to create package.json (use -y for no questions)
    • Yarn: yarn init -y
    • NPM: npm init -y
• TypeScript
  • To create config and init: npx tsc --init
  • Also see tsconfig/bases for common starter configs
• Prettiers / formatters
  • TSLint: tslint --init
    • (remember, eslint is now recommended over tslint)
  • ESLint: npx eslint --init
  • Prettier
    • There is no built-in tool - see config file docs
    • You can use prettier-init module: npx prettier-init
  • XO
    • npm init xo

Version Control - Git

• Initialize a new local repo: git init
• Scaffold a gitignore file from a template
  • Use gitignore NPM package: npx gitignore python

IDEs

• VSCode
  • mkdir .vscode
  • Local settings
    • touch .vscode/settings.json
  • Debug / commands / etc
    • touch .vscode/launch.json