Overview:

The Create Contentful App repository contains multiple npm packages that enhance the development experience for creating Contentful Apps. These packages include the create-contentful-app CLI, which allows for easy bootstrapping of Contentful apps, the @contentful/app-scripts CLI for performing recurrent operations in the Contentful App Framework, and the @contentful/react-apps-toolkit for building Contentful apps in React. The repository also makes use of automated publishing for new package versions, with the option to manually publish packages as well. There are two development streams available: latest for stable releases and canary for potentially unstable and breaking releases.

Features:

• create-contentful-app: A CLI tool to quickly set up Contentful apps.
• @contentful/app-scripts: CLI tool for performing recurrent operations in the Contentful App Framework.
• @contentful/react-apps-toolkit: Toolkit for building Contentful apps in React.
• Automated Publishing: New package versions are automatically published to npm upon merging to the mainline branch.
• Canary Releases: The canary branch automatically publishes canary releases, which are labeled as ${CANDIDATE_VERSION}-alpha.${BUILD_NUMBER} in npm.
• Stability: Default and stable releases are published under the latest tag, while canary releases are considered potentially unstable and not suitable for production use.

Installation:

To install the Create Contentful App repository and its packages, follow these steps:

1. Ensure that npm is installed on your machine.

2. Open the terminal and navigate to the desired directory where you want to install the repository.

3. Clone the repository using the following command:

git clone <repository-url>

4. Once the repository is cloned, navigate into the repository directory using the command:

cd <repository-directory>

5. From here, you can install the desired packages by running the following command:

npm install <package-name>

Replace <package-name> with the name of the package you want to install. Repeat this step for each package you want to install.

6. After installing the packages, you can start using them in your Contentful app development.

Summary:

The Create Contentful App repository provides multiple npm packages that enhance the development experience when creating Contentful apps. Its key features include a CLI tool for easy app bootstrapping, CLI for performing recurrent operations, and a toolkit for building apps in React. The repository supports automated publishing of package versions and offers a canary branch for potentially unstable releases. Stable releases are published under the latest tag, while canary releases are considered unstable and not recommended for production use.