Add template prompt for tns create

Now that we have a lot of templates available I think we should do more to expose them. The --template option is great but it’s somewhat hidden, and I don’t think people will find most of the templates we have out there.

I propose that we add a prompt to tns create that asks which template you’d like to start with if you don’t provide the --template option. Something like this:

$ tns create foo
What template would you like to start with?
[1] Hello world (a minimal starting point)
[2] Master/detail
[3] Tab view
[4] TypeScript hello world
[5] Angular 2
$ Your selection: [ ]

Thoughts?

[tjvantoll]

Since we’re about to release a new suite of starting templates, I think this feature is somewhat essential to ensure that our users find these templates we’re putting out there. Here’s my more up-to-date suggestion for how this could work.

> tns create MyApp

Which template would you like to start with?

   [1] JavaScript — Master/Detail
   [2] JavaScript — Drawer Navigation
   [3] JavaScript — Tab Navigation
   [4] TypeScript — Master/Detail
   [5] TypeScript — Drawer Navigation
   [6] TypeScript — Tab Navigation
>  [7] Angular    — Master/Detail
   [8] Angular    — Drawer Navigation
   [9] Angular    — Tab Navigation

All set! Documentation for the “Angular—Master/detail” template is available at https://github.com/NativeScript/template-master-detail-ng/tree/myankov/readme.

Use “cd MyApp” to get started developing your new app!

We could also consider breaking that up into two separate questions—aka ask JS vs. TS vs. ng first, then ask master/detail vs. tabs vs. drawer next—although I think that might be a bit much.

Regardless though I think we need something like this to expose all the new templates we now have.

[sebawita]

I am actually thinking of creating a custom CLI extension (just as a temporary solution) that would let us search and create the templates 😃

tns template list tns template new ProjName