dartdev: Add empty project template

[felixwoestmann]

As I am currently working on an OpenAPI code generator I was looking for a way to create a barebones dart project without any boilerplate. Therefore I propose to add an empty template only adding a minimal configuration.

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[devoncarew]

cc @kevmoo @mit-mit @bkonyi

It looks like we currently have:

          [cli]                  A command-line application with basic argument parsing.
          [console] (default)    A command-line application.
          [package]              A package containing shared Dart libraries.
          [server-shelf]         A server app using package:shelf.
          [web]                  A web app that uses only core Dart libraries.

When thinking about the project templates we offer, one of the main things that I would consider would be reducing new user confusion; reducing the questions we ask them that they don't yet have good context to answer. I think having fewer template options here is strictly better (even if each additional template would add some value in its own right). Above, I would actually strip out one (possibly two) options, and wouldn't add any new ones without an overwhelming value add.

(For the existing options above, we definitely don't need two command line starter templates, and its not clear that we need both a command-line and a package template).

[alestiago]

Just wanted to bring up that there are community solutions for templates (might help support @devoncarew point). For example, Very Good CLI already provides eight templates for users (those in Very Good Templates). It also has initiatives for creating a minimal templates.

In addition, there is also a whole ecosystem for templates available in BrickHub (with Dart support).

Overall, I'm not sure how many templates would the Dart Dev tool aim to support and maintain, and where to trace the line between what templates get in or not.

[mit-mit]

@devoncarew cleanup of the existing templates could be orthogonal to having minimal template that tools could build on top of? Especially if we tweak this proposal so that the minimal template is hidden from --help given it's intended for tools, and not end users?

[mraleph]

What is the status of this PR?

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[bkonyi]

I think adding this particular template is reasonable, but moving forward we should avoid adding more templates without investigating our options in this area for the Dart and Flutter CLI tooling.

[mit-mit]

Hi @felixwoestmann there is one tiny change requested here; are you able to get that done?

[felixwoestmann]

Hello @mit-mit I fixed the copyright notice. Thanks for the reminder.

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