Clean Frontend Scaffolding

Clean Frontend Scaffolding

1. Audit current state

Detect framework from package.json:

• react in dependencies → React project.
• vue in dependencies → Vue project.

For each item below, check if it still has Vite scaffold default content (heuristic: file size + scaffolded import patterns):

• src/App.tsx (React) or src/App.vue (Vue)
• src/main.tsx / src/main.ts
• src/App.css / src/style.css / src/index.css (default Vite content)
• public/vite.svg, src/assets/react.svg, src/assets/vue.svg
• index.html (default <title>Vite + React</title> etc.)

If every checked file is already custom, exit early with: "Scaffold cleanup not needed — files appear customized."

2. Decide what to do

• All scaffold defaults present → full clean (proceed to step 3).
• Partially customized → remove only the default items still present.
• Already customized → exit.

3. Purge boilerplate

React

1. Reduce src/App.tsx to:

   export default function App() {
     return <div>App shell</div>;
   }
   

2. Reduce src/main.tsx to a clean root render:

   import { StrictMode } from 'react';
   import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
   import App from './App';
   import './index.css';
   
   createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!).render(
     <StrictMode>
       <App />
     </StrictMode>,
   );
   

3. Replace src/App.css content with a single comment: /* Project styles (Tailwind handles most layout). */

4. Replace src/index.css content with the Tailwind v4 import (v4 dropped the three @tailwind directives for a single @import):

   @import "tailwindcss";
   

5. Delete src/assets/react.svg and public/vite.svg.

6. Update index.html <title> to the project name (ask via AskUserQuestion if unknown).

Vue

1. Reduce src/App.vue to:

   <script setup lang="ts"></script>
   <template>
     <div>App shell</div>
   </template>
   

2. Reduce src/main.ts to:

   import { createApp } from 'vue';
   import App from './App.vue';
   import './style.css';
   
   createApp(App).mount('#app');
   

3. Replace src/style.css with the Tailwind directives only (see React step 4).

4. Delete src/assets/vue.svg, public/vite.svg, src/components/HelloWorld.vue (if present).

5. Update index.html <title> to the project name.

4. Verify

pnpm dev

Expected: dev server starts; visiting the app shows the empty shell with no console errors. Stop the server.

References

• ./boilerplate-removal.md — exact files and patterns per framework, with examples and anti-patterns.
• ../_shared/conventions.md — path alias and source-root conventions.