Create custom App template on initial import

[coreyasmith]

When you import an application, the root App item is based off of the /sitecore/templates/JavaScriptServices/App template. It'd be nice if a custom App template that derives from the base /sitecore/templates/JavaScriptServices/App template were created for you on initial import, similar to the custom App Route template.

It'd also be nice to be able to customize this item for the initial import--specify base templates you want it to inherit, item name, icon, etc.

[kamsar]

That's the point of the app route template; any other route templates you define using addRouteTemplate will derive from the app's default route template (app route)

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When you import an application, the root App item is based off of the /sitecore/templates/JavaScriptServices/App template. It'd be nice if a custom App template that derives from the base /sitecore/templates/JavaScriptServices/App template were created for you on initial import, similar to the custom App Route template.

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[coreyasmith]

I've got a couple of base templates that I'm adding to the App template, like _Error Handling for a Page Not Found Link field, to handle server-side errors and other things. It'd be cool if I could create a not-found route while I'm working in disconnected mode, and tell JSS that my App item should add _Error Handling as a base template and use that not-found route for the Page Not Found Link field on initial import.

Maybe an app.yml item could be defined under the /data/content folder? You could define template (is it possible to define multiple?), icon (🍄), and fields.

I know I can do all of this by creating a custom App template before the initial import and define that template as the appTemplate on my <app /> in config, but that feels a bit too connected.

[kamsar]

tbh this sounds like pipeline customizations to the import process. The goal of import out of the box is to enable comping up a site, as opposed to complete serialization of final items - ergo, extend import or serialize the items.