Pulumi is hard to use

[SoltauFintel]

I have tried the example https://github.com/pulumi/examples/tree/master/azure-java-appservice-sql
and I have used this documentation: https://www.pulumi.com/docs/iac/get-started/azure/deploy-stack/ (and the pages before)

I had installed Pulumi 3.145.0 as .msi file. (Does everybody has choco??)

az login as ServicePrincipal

pulumi login --local

I had trouble to install mvnw. (Maven is just a shit tool. Gradle rulez.) Then I saw that I need mvn. grmpf! (I use Windows 10.) I've added the bin folder to the PATH env var.

now 3rd attempt with "pulumi new azure-java".

I could not recreate quickstart, so I used the name quickstart2. I've changed the resource group name and the storage account name in App.java.

"pulumi up" was stuck with the message "Previewing update (dev):"

Abort. Deleted everything. Uninstall Pulumi. Evaluation of Pulumi failed!

That's just a sad user story. You can close this issue.

[justinvp]

I'm sorry you had such a hard time getting started, but thank you for sharing your experience.

There are several things we're looking to fix/improve:

• Provide a better error message when required dependencies like maven aren't installed (possibly even prompt to auto-install)
• Support either maven or gradle, depending on what tool is available
• The hang when running preview (this may be specific to Windows; we haven't been able to reproduce locally on macOS)