Name: Select a Lesson Template From an Alfred Workflow
Uploaded: 2020-04-01T23:03:36-05:00
Description: Alfred is a super speed booster when it comes to common tasks. If you're going to be creating a lot of lessons from templates, Alfred can save you from even opening your terminal.

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Automate Everything: An egghead Guide to Productivity

Alfred is a super speed booster when it comes to common tasks. If you're going to be creating a lot of lessons from templates, Alfred can save you from even opening your terminal.

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John Lindquist: [0:00] When you have multiple templates, like a vanilla template and a svelte template, you may want an easier way of picking which one to launch.

[0:07] Let's create a blank workflow. We'll just call this From Template and fromtemplate, then we'll set up a keyboard shortcut Hotkey. We'll use Command-Alt-T, hit Save. Then we want a List Filter. We don't need any arguments here, so No Arguments.

[0:23] We'll create a list like this, with a title of vanilla. The argument can just be +vanilla. Then a title of svelte and + svelte. Connect these together, and then we're going to store the result of that inside of a variable.

[0:37] We'll name this variable command, and that can take the value of the {query}. We don't need to pass the command name along, so we'll delete that from the arguments. We'll connect this so it stores that in a variable.

[0:49] Now we can create a Keyword. We're just going to type in some text for the name of the project, so No Argument and a blank keyword. Hit Save there. Connect these. Then the output of that can be another variable. We'll delete that and name this name with the value of this {query}. Hit Save there.

[1:10] Let's just add some notes. This is the command variable and this is the name variable. This will all end up in a runscript where I'll set this to ZSH. I want to source my zshrc, and then run $command with the $name. Hit Save there. Connect these.

[1:28] Now I want to hit Command-Alt-T. I can pick from vanilla and svelte. I'll pick vanilla. I'll give it a name of my-new-project-from-template. Hit Enter. Then it'll run everything for me behind the scenes and launch code with my project running, everything named properly, and my browser open waiting for code to change.

Select a Lesson Template From an Alfred Workflow

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