[DevEx RFC] Improve `create-apt-dapp` tool

[0xmaayan]

Context

Improve create-apt-dapp tool and enhance the developer experience

create-aptos-dapp GH repo Project roadmap

Motivation

A few months ago, Aptos released the create-apt-dapp tool which streamlines developers onboarding process by automating dapp structure creation and bundling essential components.

Currently, the tool supports a boilerplate setup by using a simple npx command which creates pre-made dapp skeletons, run move commands in a node environment using a npm command (npm run move:test, npm run move:publish, etc) and bundling Aptos and others packages like the Aptos SDK, Aptos wallet adapter, React framework, UI library, and more.

Since it was release, we have been getting user feedbacks and did some external brainstorming on how we can improve and enhance the tool to include the “all-you-need” environment to start develop/run a dapp on Aptos.

Proposals

Some ideas to enhance the developer experience are:

• Migrate to npx create-aptos-dapp command. That would help with the confusion with the repo name and the tool name and also use a more meaningful command. (Thanks to the Moralis team for transferring the package name to us)
• Integrate the new SDK https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-ts-sdk
• PWA template support. This should hopefully help with some restrictions dapp creators are facing with app stores.
• React queries toolkit. Provide pre made react queries for popular queries like top up wallet with faucet, get account info, get account coin balance, get general state, etc
• Support a publish command to arweave to deploy the dapp to mainnet
• Pre made e2e dapp templates. Provide premade full e2e dapp templates (front and contract) that will easy the path for dapp creators and provide out-of-the-box solution. Some dapp template options can be:
  • NFT Marketplace
  • NFT Showcase
  • Swap

FAQ

• What’s your experience with the existing create-apt-dapp tool?
• What are your pain points?
• What you would like it to support?
• What dapp templates you would like to have?

Please join the discussion and share your thoughts!

[mdmudassir0143]

Issues - Currently it is not compatible to windows More templates like - Playground template showcasing small trxn demo(create your first token, create your first NFT), react template with smart contract, production full stack template (NFT Marketplace)

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