xpress-mvc/questions.js

An MVC framework based on Express.js

const inquirer = require("inquirer");
const chalk = require("chalk");
const figlet = require("figlet");
const config = require("./config");
const dbConfig = require('./dbConfig');
const { firstLetterUpperCase, spaceToDash } = require("./functions");

  async function askRepoName() {
    console.clear(); // Clears the console for a clean look

    console.log(
      chalk.cyan(figlet.textSync("Xpress-MVC", { horizontalLayout: "fitted" }))
    );

    console.log(chalk.green("\nLet's set up your repository!\n"));

    const answers = await inquirer.prompt([
      {
        type: "input",
        name: "repoName",
        message: chalk.yellow("🚀 Enter your repository name:"),
        validate: (input) => input.trim() ? true : "❌ Repository name cannot be empty!",
      },
    ]);

    console.log(chalk.blue(`\n✅ Your repository name is: ${chalk.bold( spaceToDash(answers.repoName) )}\n`));

    return answers.repoName;
  }

async function askORMChoice() {
  console.log(
    chalk.cyan(
      figlet.textSync("Choose an ORM", { horizontalLayout: "fitted" })
    )
  );

  const answers = await inquirer.prompt([
    {
      type: "list",
      name: "orm",
      message: chalk.bold.yellow("Which ORM do you prefer?"),
      choices: [
        { name: chalk.green("🟢 Sequelize (SQL-based ORM)"), value: "sequelize" },
        { name: chalk.blue("🔵 Objection.js + Knex.js (Query Builder)"), value: "ObjectionKnex" },
      ],
    },
  ]);

  console.log(`\n\n\n`)

  const ormDetails = {
    sequelize: {
      name: chalk.green.bold("Sequelize"),
      description: chalk.green("A promise-based ORM for Node.js with easy-to-use syntax."),
    },
    ObjectionKnex: {
      name: chalk.blue.bold("Objection.js + Knex.js"),
      description: chalk.blue("A powerful SQL query builder for Node.js with full ORM features."),
    },
  };

  const ormName = {
    sequelize: ['sequelize','sequelize-cli'],
    ObjectionKnex: ['objection','knex']
  }

  config.orm = ormName[answers.orm]
  config.ormName = answers.orm
  
  console.log(chalk.bold("\n✨ You selected: ") + ormDetails[answers.orm].name);
  console.log(chalk.dim("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"));
  console.log(chalk.bold("📌 Description: ") + ormDetails[answers.orm].description);
  console.log(chalk.dim("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n"));


  return answers.orm;
}

async function askDatabaseChoice() {
  console.clear();

  console.log(
    chalk.cyan(figlet.textSync("DATABASE", { horizontalLayout: "fitted" }))
  );

  console.log(chalk.green("\nLet's configure your database!\n"));

  const answers = await inquirer.prompt([
    {
      type: "list",
      name: "database",
      message: chalk.yellow("🛢  Select your preferred database:"),
      choices: [
        { name: "MySQL", value: "mysql" },
        { name: "PostgreSQL", value: "postgres" },
        { name: "SQLite", value: "sqlite" },
        { name: 'Oracle', value: 'oracle'},
        { name: 'Microsoft SQL Server' , value : 'mssql'},
        { name: 'Amazon Redshift' , value: 'redshift'  }
      ],
    },
  ]);

  const dbDrivers = {
    mysql: "mysql2",
    postgres: "pg",
    sqlite: "sqlite3",
    oracle: "oracledb",
    mssql: "mssql", 
    redshift: "pg",
  };

  config.development = dbConfig[config.ormName][answers.database]
  config.databaseDriver = dbDrivers[answers.database]
  config.database = answers.database
  
  return answers.database;
}



module.exports = { askRepoName,askORMChoice,askDatabaseChoice };