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Improve add-ons asking prompt
Why
Right now our Rails template ask for Yes or No for every single add-ons. It is not make us feel annoyed that much as we have 5 add-ons at the moment. But imagine if we have more than 10 add-ons, it is gonna be a bad time.
Who Benefits?
- Everyone who initiate the app using
Rails template
My Opinion
How about if we prompt something like this
Would you like to add following add-ons?
1 : Nginx
2 : PhraseApp
3 : Devise
Enter your prefer add-ons (only number separated by space): <user input>
For example if we want to add Nginx and Devise then just simply type 1 3
Any other ideas are welcome
Instead of asking for all addons, how about we separate the question for each addon group @gutakk ?
What would you like to use for Front-end stuff? (single choice)
1. Boostrap
2. Tailwind
3. ....
What would you like to use for provisioning? (single choice)
1. Heroku
2. AWS
3. ....
https://railsnew.io/ is a good example
it is a good idea if we can make sure that we have to choose only one addon for each addon groups. I'm not sure if we will have the scenario that we need to choose more than one addons in the same addon group? If we have that scenario then this way is not the good idea IMO.
What do you think @andyduong1920
it is a good idea if we can make sure that we have to choose only one addon for each addon groups. I'm not sure if we will have the scenario that we need to choose more than one addons in the same addon group? If we have that scenario then this way is not the good idea IMO.
What do you think @andyduong1920
The group should be separate by category so it must be single choice per each group @gutakk
If we don't have scenario that I mentioned then I agree with your solution @andyduong1920
Are we going with add-on group solution? With current available addons, most groups would have only one option.
What would you like to use for Front-end stuff? (single choice)
0. None
1. Bootstrap
What would you like to use for CI/CD? (single choice)
0. None
1. SemaphoreCI
2. Github Action and Wiki
What would you like to use as a web server? (single choice)
0. None
1. Nginx
What would you like to use for localization? (single choice)
0. None
1. Phrase
What would you like to use for authentication? (single choice)
0. None
1. Devise
What would you like to use as a template engine? (single choice)
0. None
1. Slim Template Engine
What would you like to use for making dynamic UI ? (single choice)
0. None
1. Hotwire
Please suggest any better wording of instructions. With current available add-ons, It seems it would be more annoying for user to go through all these questions.
Suggestion: Until number of add-ons increases, we can go with the alternate solution suggested by @gutakk.
Also, it can be a good time for adding some add-ons for users to choose eg. Tailwind, Heroku, Fly and go with add-on grouping solution.
Looking for your suggestions @andyduong1920, @gutakk
From my understanding, this change would only benefit to the GitHub vs. SemaphoreCI question, but all the other question would take 3 lines instead of a single (y/N) prompt...
Should we revise this issue to only ask 0. / 1. / 2. for None/Semaphore/Github, and keep the other questions unchanged? 🤔
Or should we just close this issue?
cc @andyduong1920 / @sanG-github (as you contributed on the prompt :) )
I had a quick discussion with Andy and Sang. We agreed that the current prompt (especially since all the questions are asked ahead of the app scaffolding) is OK and so I'm closing this issue to keep the backlog clear :) Thanks