Electron app for Terminal-phobes

[tylersticka]

One issue we've experienced a few times is a hesitance from collaborators to use our environment because the Terminal can be scary when you aren't used to it.

I mentioned this idea in #31, but having seen that Electron reached v1.0.0 today, I thought I should document the idea of creating some sort of Drizzle app that might simplify the process for clients and skittish collaborators.

No idea if this is even possible (or worth pursuing), but I'm thinking the app might consist of:

• A menu bar icon to show whether Drizzle is running or not.
• Ability to choose a project folder to run.
• Ability to start, stop or restart the task from said icon or interface.

[erikjung]

Meant to comment earlier, but I like this idea.

Do you see this as something similar to CodeKit.app?

[tylersticka]

Basically, yeah. But way simpler. Probably closer to Tusk + Compass.app in complexity.

Here's a silly sketch:

Basically, I think it would be cool if the process of getting clients into our environment was...

1. Install the GitHub app.
2. Clone the repo.
3. Install the Drizzle app.
4. Drag the project folder into the Drizzle app.

It wouldn't be a replacement for a text editor, and it wouldn't mess with the project configuration itself. But I think it would be cool to have something that took the guesswork out of environment setup, and didn't require collaborators type commands in the Terminal unless they want to.

(This still might be an enormous amount of work or a bad idea.)

[gerardo-rodriguez]

I also like this idea! I don't know the amount of work it'd be, but I think it'd be a neat project!