These generators are excellent tools to learn how to organize your code, setup your tools, etc. I have used Yeoman and am amazed at how the community has grown

These generators are excellent tools to learn how to organize your code, setup your tools, etc. I have used Yeoman and am amazed at how the community has grown. I'm a big fan of Addy Osmani as well. HOWEVER a "scaffold" doesn't really teach you how to use OAUTH to authenticate with Facebook, handle sending emails (welcomes, password resets, etc.) or even how to really build something. Instead I'm a big fan of working site examples: Drywall: http://jedireza.github.io/drywall/ http://jedireza.github.io/drywall/ Hackathon-starter: http://hackathonstarter.herokuapp.com/ http://hackathonstarter.herokuapp.com/ Skeleton (Mine): http://skeleton-app.jit.su/ http://skeleton-app.jit.su/ You get all the scaffolding + real working code for all the basic site functions. You then build from there.