How do you prompt the user for input in Yeoman?

• A. Use this.prompt with an array of questions (type, name, message, default)
• B. Use this.ask
• C. Use prompts from a separate library
• D. Use this.input

Answer: (A)

Prompting in Yeoman uses the built-in prompt system provided by the Generator base class. You give it an array of prompt objects, and each prompt describes what to ask and how to store the answer. Each prompt includes:

• type: what kind of input (for example, 'input' for free text, 'confirm' for yes/no, 'list' for selecting from options)

• name: the key under which the answer will be stored

• message: the question shown to the user

• default: a default value to show if the user doesn’t type anything

When you run this.prompt with that array, Yeoman (via Inquirer) presents the questions to the user and returns a promise with an answers object where each property matches the corresponding name. You can then save those answers for later steps, often into this.props or this.config.

This approach is standard and simple: it centralizes all prompts in one place, leverages the existing Yeoman flow, and guarantees a consistent user experience. Other options like a non-existent this.ask, or pulling prompts from a separate library, aren’t how Yeoman handles prompting, and this.input isn’t a Yeoman API.