Testing yeoman generator locally

Question

I\'m creating a yeoman generator for my web projects.

But I wonder how I can try and test my changes before publishing it?

Since I have installed it once, it wil

Answer 1

If by "running locally" you mean the ability to test your generator and its flow you can simply do this.

1. In your project directory folder run npm link. If this passes in flying colors, go to step 2.
2. Open a terminal and cd into the folder you wish to initiate a project.
3. Run yo generator-theNameOfYourGenerator. This will run your generator.