✨ simplified the setup

added more instructions

updated dependencies

Author: razvanilin

bin/create-chartbrew-app

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const commander = require('commander');
 const fs = require("fs");
 const chalk = require("chalk");
 const prompts = require("prompts");
+const { nanoid } = require("nanoid");
 
 const packageJson = require('./package.json');
 const createDirectory = require("./utils/createProjectFolder");
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ function setTheVars() {
   console.log(" ");
   showPrompts()
     .then((answers) => {
-      installation(answers);
+      // also insert a unique string for the internal data encryption
+      installation({ ...answers, cbsecret: nanoid() });
     })
     .catch((err) => {
       console.error(err);
@@ -96,6 +98,9 @@ function installation(answers) {
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
+    console.log(" ");
+    console.log("Fetching the project files...")
+    console.log(" ");
     createDirectory(projectName);
     fetchProject(projectName)
       .then(() => {

create-chartbrew-app.js

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "chalk": "^2.4.2",
     "child-process-promise": "^2.2.1",
     "commander": "^4.1.1",
+    "nanoid": "^3.3.2",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
     "node-7z": "^2.1.2",
     "prompts": "^2.4.0",

package-lock.json

@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ module.exports = (program, projectName) => {
     console.log(chalk.bold(`If there are any database errors, make sure you have a database named '${program.dbname}'`));
     console.log(chalk.bold(`Also, make sure the env variables in ${chalk.blue.bold(projectName + "/.env")} are set, then run: `));
     console.log(" ");
-    console.log(chalk.blue.bold(`cd ${projectName}/server && npm run db:migrate`));
+    console.log("https://docs.chartbrew.com/#environmental-variables")
   }
   console.log(" ");
 
-  console.log(chalk.green.bold("Next steps:"));
+  console.log(chalk.green.bold("Start Chartbrew:"));
   console.log(" ");
-  console.log("To run in development: ");
-  console.log(`Run the client app: ${chalk.blue.bold("cd client && npm run start")}`);
-  console.log(`Run the server app: ${chalk.blue.bold("cd server && npm run start-dev")}`);
+  console.log(chalk.bold("To run in development, open two terminals and run: "));
+  console.log(`Terminal 1: ${chalk.blue.bold("cd client && npm run start")}`);
+  console.log(`Terminal 2: ${chalk.blue.bold("cd server && npm run start-dev")}`);
   console.log(" ");
 
-  console.log("To deploy your app in production:");
-  console.log(`${chalk.blue("Visit the documentation for instructions: ")} https://docs.chartbrew.com/deployment/`);
+  console.log(chalk.bold("Learn how to deploy your app in production:"));
+  console.log("https://docs.chartbrew.com/deployment/");
   console.log(" ");
 
   console.log(chalk.green.bold("Thank you for using Chartbrew!"));

package.json

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
 module.exports = (projectName) => {
   console.log("Setting up the project...");
   const npm = spawnSync(`cd ${projectName} && npm run`, ["setup"], { shell: true, stdio: 'inherit' });
+  const git = spawnSync(`cd ${projectName} && git init`, ["."], { shell: true, stdio: 'inherit' });
 };

utils/endInfo.js

@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ module.exports = () => {
     type: "text",
     name: "dbport",
     message: "On which port is your database running? (default: '3306')",
-  }, {
-    type: "text",
-    name: "cbsecret",
-    message: "Add a secret string to secure your user sessions and encrypt the data:",
   }];
 
   return prompts(questions);