feat(init): Generate deno.json by default (#16389)

Updates `deno init` subcommand to create a `deno.json` when initializing
a new project.

Slightly changes the output, to make it more readable.

3 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/cli/tests/init_tests.rs b/cli/tests/init_tests.rs
index 40c3c1b9a..f4df2aa84 100644
--- a/cli/tests/init_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/init_tests.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ mod init {
     assert_contains!(stderr, "Project initialized");
     assert!(!stderr.contains("cd"));
     assert_contains!(stderr, "deno run main.ts");
+    assert_contains!(stderr, "deno task dev");
     assert_contains!(stderr, "deno test");
 
+    assert!(cwd.join("deno.json").exists());
+
     let mut deno_cmd = util::deno_cmd_with_deno_dir(&deno_dir);
     let output = deno_cmd
       .current_dir(cwd)
@@ -80,8 +83,11 @@ mod init {
     assert_contains!(stderr, "Project initialized");
     assert_contains!(stderr, "cd my_dir");
     assert_contains!(stderr, "deno run main.ts");
+    assert_contains!(stderr, "deno task dev");
     assert_contains!(stderr, "deno test");
 
+    assert!(cwd.join("my_dir/deno.json").exists());
+
     let mut deno_cmd = util::deno_cmd_with_deno_dir(&deno_dir);
     let output = deno_cmd
       .current_dir(cwd)
@@ -131,6 +137,7 @@ mod init {
     assert!(output.status.success());
     let stdout = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(stdout, "");
+    assert!(cwd.join("deno.json").exists());
 
     let mut deno_cmd = util::deno_cmd_with_deno_dir(&deno_dir);
     let output = deno_cmd
diff --git a/cli/tools/init/mod.rs b/cli/tools/init/mod.rs
index 4911ca7dd..25c8dc6f4 100644
--- a/cli/tools/init/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/init/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2022 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
 use crate::args::InitFlags;
+use crate::colors;
 use crate::deno_std;
 use deno_core::anyhow::Context;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
@@ -40,12 +41,26 @@ pub async fn init_project(init_flags: InitFlags) -> Result<(), AnyError> {
     .replace("{CURRENT_STD_URL}", deno_std::CURRENT_STD_URL.as_str());
   create_file(&dir, "main_test.ts", &main_test_ts)?;
 
-  info!("✅ Project initialized");
-  info!("Run these commands to get started");
+  create_file(&dir, "deno.json", include_str!("./templates/deno.json"))?;
+
+  info!("✅ {}", colors::green("Project initialized"));
+  info!("");
+  info!("{}", colors::gray("Run these commands to get started"));
+  info!("");
   if let Some(dir) = init_flags.dir {
     info!("  cd {}", dir);
+    info!("");
   }
+  info!("  {}", colors::gray("// Run the program"));
   info!("  deno run main.ts");
+  info!("");
+  info!(
+    "  {}",
+    colors::gray("// Run the program and watch for file changes")
+  );
+  info!("  deno task dev");
+  info!("");
+  info!("  {}", colors::gray("// Run the tests"));
   info!("  deno test");
   Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/cli/tools/init/templates/deno.json b/cli/tools/init/templates/deno.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c5130f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tools/init/templates/deno.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "tasks": {
+    "dev": "deno run --watch main.ts"
+  }
+}