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AlgoKit Quick Start Guide is out of date - instructions no longer match CLI output
Describe the error The algokit CLI give a list of template options different to those described in the documentation and in the tutorial video. The get started guide is using version 1.5 while the latest version is 1.12.2. There is no "playground" template listed so this is a dead end for beginner users.
% algokit --version
algokit, version 1.12.2
% algokit init
? Which of these options best describes the project you want to build? (Use arro
w keys)
ยป Smart Contracts ๐
DApp Frontend ๐ฅ๏ธ๏ธ
Smart Contracts & DApp Frontend ๐๏ธ๏ธ
Custom Template ๐ ๏ธ๏ธ
Link to the page or line https://developer.algorand.org/docs/get-started/algokit/ https://github.com/algorand/docs/blob/staging/docs/get-started/algokit.md?plain=1#L129
Recommended fix Instruct the user to select the "Smart Contracts" template instead of "playground" and update the screenshots to reflect these changes.
% algokit init
? Which of these options best describes the project you want to build? Smart Con
tracts ๐
? Which language would you like to use for the smart contract? Python ๐
? Name of project / directory to create the project in: py_proj
Starting template copy and render at /Users/nds/Documents/algo/py_proj/projects/py_proj...
๐ค Name of the default smart contract app.
hello_world
๐ค Name of the template preset to use.
Starter - for a simpler starting point ideal for prototyping
๐ค What programming language do you want to use for your contract deployment code?
Python
Template render complete!