Info on what's going to be installed with the setup script should be provided

[pkoleva]

On both Mac and PC we have the option to select "a" or "all" installations, so we get no more prompts for each installation. We should give more info at the beginning about what's going to be installed and add step count to orient the end users how far are they with the installation and what kind of changes to expect.
Something like that

This set up script will install on your machine the following:
1 chocolatey/brew
2. Java
3. Android SDK
...

And on each question we should have

Step 1 of 5
Allow the script to install Homebrew?

[preethamvishy]

I would like to take this up. Do you mind explaining the expected behavior a bit more?

[DimitarTachev]

Hi @preethamvishy,

Thank you for your interest in helping with that.

When the NativeScript CLI detects some issues with your local environment, it suggests you a few options. One of these options is "Configure for Local Builds".

When selected, it is running one of the following scripts:

1. native-script.rb on Mac
2. native-script.ps1 on Windows

The scripts are located in our setup scripts repository

The main goal of this issue is improving the wording in these scripts by:

1. Print what's going to be installed at the beginning of the script (you have to read the whole scripts and find all installations).
2. Print the installation progress on each step if the user is installing them one by one (you have to count the installations in the above-mentioned scripts and print the progress before each step).

Take a look at the pseudo-example below:

Before:

Allow the script to install Chrome?
Note that if you type all you won't be prompted for subsequent installations
...
Allow the script to install Java SE Development Kit 8?
Note that if you type all you won't be prompted for subsequent installations
....

After:

This setup script will install on your machine the following:
1 Chrome
2. Java SE Development Kit 8
...

Step 1 of X
Allow the script to install Chrome?
Note that if you type all you won't be prompted for subsequent installations
...
Step 2 of X
Allow the script to install Java SE Development Kit 8?
Note that if you type all you won't be prompted for subsequent installations
....

You can directly run the scripts from the setup scripts repository and open a PR with the improvements.

IMPORTANT: I highly recommend you run these scripts in an isolated environment, not your development one. You can also comment out the real installations in the scripts in order to test only the conversations, without the risk of getting some strange/wrong setup on your machine.

[preethamvishy]

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I will take this up.