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Introduction

Welcome to the GitHub repository for the Betty Blocks command-line interface (CLI). This CLI lets you develop Component Sets and ApplicationFunctions among others, for Betty Blocks, a no-code platform for business users. Not using Betty Blocks yet? Find out more at https://www.bettyblocks.com.

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Getting started

Prerequisites

As of version 25.29.0, you will need to install the requirements for IsolatedVM which include:

• make

• g++

• python

Installation

To install the CLI globally you will need a recent version of Node.js.

$ npm install -g @betty-blocks/cli

Update

$ npm update -g @betty-blocks/cli

Version

$ bb --version

Usage

After install, you will have access to the bb command in your terminal.

Use bb help to get a list of available commands.

$ bb help

Usage: bb [options] [command]

Betty Blocks CLI

Options:
  -v, --version       output the version number
  -h, --help          output usage information

Commands:
  components [cmd]    manage your component sets
  functions [cmd]     manage your custom functions
  interactions [cmd]  manage your interactions
  bundle [cmd]        manage your vendor bundle
  help [cmd]          display help for [cmd]

• To get started with components visit this link
• To get started with functions visit this link

Note!

The ApplicationFunctions use the same bb functions namespace that CustomFunctions use. ApplicationFunctions will eventually replace the CustomFunctions. Once a project is initialised, the CLI will be aware of the differentation and will automatically handle the commands accordingly.