Improved getting started

docs/docs/guides/getting-started/installation/index.md

@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ Follow the instructions to move into the new directory created for your project,
 ```bash
 cd my-shop
 
-yarn dev
-# or
 npm run dev
 ```
 

packages/core/src/cli/populate.ts

@@ -150,5 +150,9 @@ export async function importProductsFromCsv(
         languageCode,
         channelOrToken: channel,
     });
-    return lastValueFrom(importer.parseAndImport(productData, ctx, true));
+    const createEnvVar: import('@vendure/common/lib/shared-constants').CREATING_VENDURE_APP =
+        'CREATING_VENDURE_APP';
+    // Turn off progress bar when running in the context of the @vendure/create script
+    const reportProgress = process.env[createEnvVar] === 'true' ? false : true;
+    return lastValueFrom(importer.parseAndImport(productData, ctx, reportProgress));
 }

packages/create/README.md

@@ -4,47 +4,17 @@ A CLI tool for rapidly scaffolding a new Vendure server application. Heavily ins
 
 ## Usage
 
-Vendure Create requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) v8.9.0+ to be installed.
-
-To create a new project, you may choose one of the following methods:
-
-### npx
+Vendure Create requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) v18+ to be installed.
 
 ```sh
 npx @vendure/create my-app
 ```
 
-*[npx](https://medium.com/@maybekatz/introducing-npx-an-npm-package-runner-55f7d4bd282b) comes with npm 5.2+ and higher.*
-
-### npm
-
-```sh
-npm init @vendure my-app
-```
-
-*`npm init <initializer>` is available in npm 6+*
-
-### Yarn
-
-```sh
-yarn create @vendure my-app
-```
-
-*`yarn create` is available in Yarn 0.25+*
-
-
-It will create a directory called `my-app` inside the current folder.
-
 ## Options
 
-### `--use-npm`
-
-By default, Vendure Create will detect whether a compatible version of Yarn is installed, and if so will display a prompt to select the preferred package manager.
-You can override this and force it to use npm with the `--use-npm` flag.
-
 ### `--log-level`
 
-You can control how much output is generated during the installation and setup with this flag. Valid options are `silent`, `info` and `verbose`. The default is `silent`
+You can control how much output is generated during the installation and setup with this flag. Valid options are `silent`, `info` and `verbose`. The default is `info`
 
 Example:
 

packages/create/package.json

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
         "cross-spawn": "^7.0.3",
         "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
         "handlebars": "^4.7.8",
+        "open": "^8.4.2",
         "picocolors": "^1.0.0",
         "semver": "^7.5.4",
         "tcp-port-used": "^1.0.2"