Plone Volto using Nick as backend

Plone Volto using Nick as backend#

The volto_nick template creates a Plone Volto project that uses Nick as its backend.

uvx cookieplone volto_nick

Template ID

volto_nick

Group

Projects

Folder in cookieplone-templates

templates/projects/volto_nick

Folder generated with the default answers

project-title

Requirements#

Before its first question, the template checks for:

  • Cookieplone 2.0.0a2 or later.

  • Node.js 20, 22, 23, or 24.

  • git.

Questions#

Cookieplone asks these questions in this order. A default in {{ }} is computed from earlier answers.

Field

Question

Default

Choices

Validation

title

Project Title

Project Title

—

—

project_slug

Project Slug

{{ cookiecutter.title | slugify }}

—

—

description

Description

Plone Volto using Nick as backend.

—

—

author

Author

Plone Community

—

—

email

Author E-mail

collective@plone.org

—

email format

github_organization

GitHub Username or Organization

collective

—

—

npm_package_name

NPM Package Name

{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}

—

cookieplone.validators.npm_package_name

frontend_addon_name

Volto Add-on Name

volto-{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}

—

cookieplone.validators.npm_package_name

use_prerelease_versions

Should we use prerelease versions?

false

—

—

volto_version

Volto Version

{{ cookiecutter.use_prerelease_versions | latest_volto }}

—

cookieplone.validators.volto_version

What your answers change#

The template always runs these sub-templates:

Sub-template

Generates

sub/nick_backend

backend: the Nick backend

add-ons/frontend

frontend: the Volto project and the project's Volto add-on, configured to use the backend at http://localhost:8080

ci/gh_volto_nick

.github: GitHub Actions workflows

ide/vscode

.vscode: Visual Studio Code settings

After generation, the template prints the next steps.

Generated files#

With the default answers, the template generates these files, three levels deep:

project-title/
├── .cookieplone.json
├── .editorconfig
├── .github/
│   ├── dependabot.yml
│   └── workflows/
│       ├── backend.yml
│       ├── changelog.yml
│       ├── config.yml
│       ├── frontend.yml
│       └── main.yml
├── .gitignore
├── .vscode/
│   ├── extensions.json
│   ├── launch.json
│   └── settings.json
├── backend/
│   ├── .gitignore
│   ├── .prettierignore
│   ├── .prettierrc
│   ├── babel.config.json
│   ├── config.ts
│   ├── docker-compose.yml
│   ├── Dockerfile
│   ├── eslint.config.ts
│   ├── knexfile.ts
│   ├── Makefile
│   ├── mrs.developer.json
│   ├── package.json
│   ├── pnpm-workspace.yaml
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── events/
│   │   ├── migrations/
│   │   └── profiles/
│   └── tsconfig.json
├── CHANGELOG.md
├── dependabot.yml
├── frontend/
│   ├── .eslintrc.js
│   ├── .gitignore
│   ├── .npmignore
│   ├── .npmrc
│   ├── .pnpmfile.cjs
│   ├── .prettierignore
│   ├── .prettierrc
│   ├── .storybook/
│   │   ├── main.js
│   │   └── preview.jsx
│   ├── .stylelintrc
│   ├── cypress/
│   │   ├── .gitkeep
│   │   ├── support/
│   │   ├── tests/
│   │   └── tsconfig.json
│   ├── cypress.config.js
│   ├── Makefile
│   ├── mrs.developer.json
│   ├── package.json
│   ├── packages/
│   │   └── volto-project-title/
│   ├── pnpm-workspace.yaml
│   ├── README.md
│   └── volto.config.js
├── Makefile
├── news/
│   └── .changelog_template.jinja
├── README.md
├── repository.toml
├── towncrier.toml
└── version.txt

Next steps#

The generated README.md lists Node.js 24, pnpm, Make, and PostgreSQL as prerequisites. From the project folder, install the project:

make install

Configure the PostgreSQL connection in backend/config.ts, then initialize the database:

make backend-migrate
make backend-seed

Start the backend at http://localhost:8080 and the frontend at http://localhost:3000, each in its own terminal:

make backend-start
make frontend-start
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