🎨 Code Templates - Jumpstart Your Projects

🚀 Learning Objectives

Master the art of using and creating code templates that accelerate development:

🌐 Web Development Templates

HTML5 Boilerplate

Beginner
HTML/CSS

Professional HTML foundation with modern best practices.

$PROJECT_NAME$

$PROJECT_NAME$

Welcome to your new project!

© $CURRENT_YEAR$ $YOUR_NAME$

Features: Semantic HTML5, responsive meta tags, included CSS and JS files.

React Component Template

Intermediate
React

Modern React functional component with hooks.

import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react'; import './$COMPONENT_NAME$.css'; const $COMPONENT_NAME$ = ({ propExample }) => { const [state, setState] = useState(initialValue); useEffect(() => { // Component lifecycle logic return () => { // Cleanup }; }, [dependencies]); const handleEvent = () => { // Event handler logic }; return (

$DISPLAY_NAME$

{propExample}

); }; export default $COMPONENT_NAME$;

Features: ES6+ syntax, hooks, propTypes, CSS modules support.

Cross-browser CSS Reset

/* Modern CSS Reset */ *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; } * { margin: 0; } html, body { height: 100%; } body { line-height: 1.5; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; } img, picture, video, canvas, svg { display: block; max-width: 100%; } input, button, textarea, select { font: inherit; } p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { overflow-wrap: break-word; } #root, #__next { isolation: isolate; }

This modern CSS reset provides a clean starting point for all web projects.

⚙️ Backend Templates

Node.js API Template

Intermediate
Node.js

RESTful API server with Express.js and best practices.

// server.js const express = require('express'); const cors = require('cors'); const helmet = require('helmet'); const app = express(); const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000; // Middleware app.use(helmet()); app.use(cors()); app.use(express.json()); app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true })); // Routes app.get('/api/health', (req, res) => { res.json({ status: 'OK', timestamp: new Date().toISOString() }); }); // Error handling app.use((err, req, res, next) => { console.error(err.stack); res.status(500).json({ error: 'Something went wrong!' }); }); app.listen(PORT, () => { console.log(`Server running on port ${PORT}`); });

Django App Template

Intermediate
Python

Full-featured Django application with modern structure.

# $PROJECT_NAME$/settings.py import os BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY', 'your-secret-key-here') DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', 'True') == 'True' ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS', 'localhost,127.0.0.1').split(',') INSTALLED_APPS = [ 'django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', '$APP_NAME$', 'rest_framework', 'corsheaders', ] MIDDLEWARE = [ 'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware', 'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware', 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware', 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware', ]

📊 Data Science Templates

Jupyter Notebook Template

Beginner
Python

Structured notebook for data analysis projects.

# $PROJECT_TITLE$ # $YOUR_NAME$ - $DATE$ # Import required libraries import pandas as pd import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import seaborn as sns # Set up plotting style plt.style.use('seaborn-v0_8') sns.set_palette('husl') print("Libraries imported successfully!") # Load data # df = pd.read_csv('path/to/your/data.csv') # print(f"Data shape: {df.shape}") # print(df.head()) # Data exploration # print(df.info()) # print(df.describe()) # Data visualization # plt.figure(figsize=(10, 6)) # sns.histplot(data=df, x='column_name') # plt.title('Distribution of Column Name') # plt.show()

📱 Mobile App Templates

React Native Component

Intermediate
React Native

Reusable React Native component with proper styling.

import React from 'react'; import { View, Text, StyleSheet, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native'; const $COMPONENT_NAME$ = ({ title, onPress, style }) => { return ( {title} ); }; const styles = StyleSheet.create({ container: { padding: 15, backgroundColor: '#667eea', borderRadius: 8, shadowColor: '#000', shadowOffset: { width: 0, height: 2, }, shadowOpacity: 0.25, shadowRadius: 3.84, elevation: 5, }, title: { color: 'white', fontSize: 16, fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center', }, }); export default $COMPONENT_NAME$;

🔄 DevOps Templates

Docker Compose Template

Advanced
Docker

Multi-service application configuration.

version: '3.8' services: app: build: . ports: - "3000:3000" environment: - NODE_ENV=production - DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:password@db:5432/app_db depends_on: - db - redis networks: - app-network db: image: postgres:13 environment: - POSTGRES_DB=app_db - POSTGRES_USER=user - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password volumes: - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data ports: - "5432:5432" networks: - app-network redis: image: redis:7-alpine ports: - "6379:6379" networks: - app-network volumes: postgres_data: networks: app-network: driver: bridge

🛠️ Creating Your Own Templates

Build reusable templates to accelerate your development workflow:

Step 1: Identify Patterns

  • Look for code you write repeatedly
  • Identify common project structures
  • Note frequently used configurations

Step 2: Abstract Variables

// Use placeholders like $VARIABLE_NAME$ // Example: const $COMPONENT_NAME$ = () => { ... };

Step 3: Document Usage

  • Create README files for each template
  • Include usage examples and customization options
  • Maintain version history

Step 4: Version Control

  • Store templates in Git repositories
  • Use semantic versioning for releases
  • Test templates before using in production

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🚀 Try It Out

  • Download templates from GitHub
  • Create your first custom template
  • Improve development speed by 50%