Enhancing the Next.js CLI with Route Generator, Component Generator with Tailwind, Unit Test Generator, Project Cleaner, Custom Error Page Generator, Default SEO Configuration, and Maintenance Mode.

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Goals

1. Automate repetitive tasks such as generating routes, components with Tailwind CSS, and unit tests, to increase developer productivity.
2. Provide tools to improve project structure and maintainability with features like project cleaning and default SEO configuration.
3. Offer better application management with a built-in maintenance mode feature, allowing developers to easily manage downtime and updates.

Non-Goals

This feature request does not aim to:

1. Introduce new paradigms for project architecture, as it focuses on automating existing Next.js practices.
2. Handle advanced SEO strategies, but only to provide a basic configuration.
3. Provide complex testing setups beyond generating basic unit tests for components.

Background

Currently, Next.js CLI provides a limited set of functionalities primarily focused on scaffolding a project and building/deploying it. However, developers often need to perform several repetitive tasks such as creating routes, components, and unit tests, which the current CLI does not automate.

Frameworks like Laravel offer powerful CLI tools (artisan) that simplify common tasks, such as the ability to manage maintenance mode (php artisan up/down). By adding these features, Next.js developers will benefit from more streamlined workflows without having to rely on additional tooling or manual configurations.

Existing alternatives require developers to either create custom scripts or use third-party libraries to achieve similar functionality (e.g., generating components with Tailwind or creating default SEO). This feature request aims to make these functionalities natively available in the Next.js CLI.

Proposal

To implement this feature, the following CLI commands should be added:

1. Route Generator

   • Command: next generate route <route-name>
   • Generates a new route file with basic boilerplate code.

2. Component Generator with Tailwind Integration

   • Command: next generate component <component-name> --tailwind
   • Creates a new component pre-configured with Tailwind CSS classes.

3. Unit Test Generator

   • Command: next generate test <component-name>
   • Generates a basic unit test file for the specified component.

4. Project Cleaner

   • Command: next clean
   • Removes unnecessary files such as cache, logs, or unused components.

5. Custom Error Page Generator

   • Command: next generate error-page <error-code>
   • Automatically generates customizable error pages (404, 500, etc.).

6. Default SEO Configuration

   • Command: next configure seo --default
   • Provides a default SEO configuration that can be applied across all pages.

7. Maintenance Mode (Inspired by Laravel’s Artisan up/down)

   • Commands:
     • next down: Puts the application in maintenance mode, showing a customizable maintenance page.
     • next up: Brings the application back online.
   • Allows developers to manage the application’s maintenance state easily.

Contribution

I am interested in contributing to the development of these features and would be willing to help with the implementation, testing, and documentation.