# Developing with the vanilla boilerplate

In this section, you will learn how to develop Cubbles artifacts using the [vanilla boilerplate](https://github.com/cubblesmasters/vanilla) boilerplate. In this way, you will be able to develop artifacts using a light-weight *npm scripts* environment. This differs from the [CDT](https://cubbles.gitbook.io/docs/coder-devtools-cdt) based development, which requires a [Yeoman generator](https://cubbles.gitbook.io/docs/v/develop/first-steps/generate-a-project) to start developing and uses *grunt* tasks to create and deploy artifacts.
