Salesforce ANT Project Generator

Because I work with many different client orgs, I found it annoying to have to create a new folder and copy/paste my template files for a new Force.com ANT project. My solution is this simple Go application to generate a project folder and populate it with the required build files. The app automatically generates a new project directory, a src directory inside and a few template files: package.xml, build.properties, and build.xml. Once the project folder is generated and the files created, it runs a quick command to cd into the new folder and open VSCode.

NOTE: for it to open VSCode afterwards I've added VSCode to my path on my Mac in order to run the command code . in the new directory. You may have to do this, or perhaps run your own command after file generation, it's up to you and your own workflow.

Use

$ go get -u github.com/meruff/go-sf-ant

Once you run the app it'll ask you what you'd like to name the new directory. Upon submitting the name it'll create the files, cd in, and open the project in VSCode.

Configuration

main.go includes a constant named GOSFANTPROJECTPATH that points to an environment variable where you designate the directory you'd like the ANT project to be generated in each time, i.e:

$ export GOSFANTPROJECTPATH=/Users/username/Documents/ANT/

You can also manually designate a one-off directory path for the new ANT project by setting a -d flag value upon executing the command:

$ go-sf-ant -d /Users/username/Documents/ANT/

If you don't have an environment variable set up, and don't designate a flag value, then go-sf-ant will just create the project in your current working directory.

I personally use Alfred to run the app so all I have to do is type cmd + space to open Alfred and then open go-sf-ant, which can be run from anywhere in the OS.