Resubmitting this PR following this comment from Tim. This work has been done already and we can build off of it to get this in faster.
> Just to be clear we're planning to rework create-next-app to give you the option to choose between JavaScript or TypeScript so it'll solve this request. For `app` right now it'll stay TypeScript till that is implemented.
>
> _Originally posted by @timneutkens in https://github.com/vercel/next.js/discussions/41745#discussioncomment-3985833_
---
I added the `--ts, --typescript` flag to `create-next-app` in https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/24655, and since then I have seen it used very frequently, including in recent issues (such as https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/33314) and most Next.js tutorials on YouTube. I noticed the template logic added in this PR was also used to add the `appDir` configuration as well.
We discussed a while ago adding the following user flow:
- `create-next-app --js, --javascript` creates a JS project
- `create-next-app --ts, --typescript` creates a TS project
- `create-next-app [name]` (no `--js, --ts`) prompts the user to choose either JS or TS, with TS selected by default.
### Review
Adding support for appDir and refactoring the templates brought the pain-of-review up a bit, but it's not so bad when broken into increments.
The original 8-file diff is here:
1f47d9b0bf
And the PR that brought the diff up to 59 files (mostly owed to `app` template dirs and file structure refactors):
bd3ae4afd3 ([PR link](https://github.com/ctjlewis/next.js/pull/3/files))
### Demo
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1657236/198586216-4691ff4c-48d4-4c6c-b7c1-705c38dd0194.mov
Co-authored-by: JJ Kasper <22380829+ijjk@users.noreply.github.com>
We found a case where 14.0.0 breaking with private class methods, such
as:
```js
class C {
#x() { return 42; }
x() {
return this.#x();
}
}
```
This feature was introduced in Node.js 14.6.0, so we can bump the
minimum version.
See https://node.green
Updates the template
## Documentation / Examples
- [x] Make sure the linting passes by running `pnpm lint`
- [x] The "examples guidelines" are followed from [our contributing
doc](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/contributing/examples/adding-examples.md)
Co-authored-by: Jared Palmer <jared@jaredpalmer.com>
Co-authored-by: Lee Robinson <me@leerob.io>
Co-authored-by: Balázs Orbán <info@balazsorban.com>
Adds a new template for `app/` via `--experimental-app` flag.
## Bug
- [ ] Related issues linked using `fixes #number`
- [ ] Integration tests added
- [ ] Errors have a helpful link attached, see `contributing.md`
## Feature
- [ ] Implements an existing feature request or RFC. Make sure the
feature request has been accepted for implementation before opening a
PR.
- [ ] Related issues linked using `fixes #number`
- [ ] Integration tests added
- [ ] Documentation added
- [ ] Telemetry added. In case of a feature if it's used or not.
- [ ] Errors have a helpful link attached, see `contributing.md`
## Documentation / Examples
- [ ] Make sure the linting passes by running `pnpm lint`
- [ ] The "examples guidelines" are followed from [our contributing
doc](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/contributing/examples/adding-examples.md)
Co-authored-by: JJ Kasper <jj@jjsweb.site>
Gracefully parse the environment package manager when calling
`create-next-app` instead of passing extra arguments.
Reference: #41090
## Feature
- [ ] Implements an existing feature request or RFC. Make sure the
feature request has been accepted for implementation before opening a
PR.
- [ ] Related issues linked using `fixes #number`
- [ ] Integration tests added
- [ ] Documentation added
- [ ] Telemetry added. In case of a feature if it's used or not.
- [ ] Errors have a helpful link attached, see `contributing.md`
Co-authored-by: Balázs Orbán <info@balazsorban.com>
As discussed this updates our required minimum Node.js version to `v14` as `v12` is no longer being maintained. Since our targets for babel and swc already target the actively used Node.js version no change has been made there.
