From 9941ea10ae189a975380f53cbb9123d66b9aafb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anubhav Mishra <anubhavmishra@me.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 22:55:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] minor output changes and updated README.md

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                 |  4 +++
 README.md                                    | 36 +++++++++++---------
 package.json                                 |  4 +--
 packages/cdktf-cli/bin/cmds/synth.ts         |  2 +-
 packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/help |  5 +--
 5 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 173764c8ab..9755ee77e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.0.2-alpha.2
+
+Minor output changes and updated README.md example.
+
 ## 0.0.2-alpha.1
 
 Alpha release for Github and NPM
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3265b1bdfe..3f8bceb418 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,34 +73,36 @@ If you want to use already built examples. Please go to the [examples/](./exampl
 Let's take a simple Typescript application that uses the CDK for Terraform package.
 
 ```typescript
-import { Construct, Token } from 'constructs';
+import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { App, TerraformStack } from 'cdktf';
-import { DynamodbTable } from './.gen/providers/aws/dynamodb-table';
-import { SnsTopic } from './.gen/providers/aws/sns-topic';
+import { Instance } from './.gen/providers/aws/instance';
 
 export class HelloTerra extends TerraformStack {
   constructor(scope: Construct, id: string) {
     super(scope, id);
 
-    const table = new DynamodbTable(this, 'Hello', {
-      name: 'my-first-table',
-      hashKey: 'temp',
-      attribute: [
-        { name: 'id', type: 'S' }
-      ]
-    });
-
-    new SnsTopic(this, 'Topic', {
-      displayName: 'my-first-sns-topic'
-    });
+    new Instance(this, 'Hello', {
+      ami: "ami-2757f631",
+      instanceType: "t2.micro"
+    })
   }
 }
 
-const app = new App({ outdir: 'cdk.out' });
+const app = new App();
 new HelloTerra(app, 'hello-terra');
 app.synth();
 ```
 
+**Compile Application**
+
+You can now compile the application by running `npm run compile` or `yarn compile`.
+
+```bash
+yarn compile
+```
+
+This will compile Typescript to Javascript.
+
 **Synthesize Application**
 
 When you are ready you can run the `synthesize` command to generate Terraform JSON configuration for the application.
@@ -109,11 +111,11 @@ When you are ready you can run the `synthesize` command to generate Terraform JS
 cdktf synth
 ```
 
-This command will generate a directory called `cdk.out`. This directory contains the Terraform JSON configuration for
+This command will generate a directory called `dist`. This directory contains the Terraform JSON configuration for
 your application.
 
 ```bash
-cd cdk.out
+cd dist
 ```
 
 **Apply Configuration**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dcd3233462..40d59df62c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "root",
-  "version": "0.0.2-alpha.1",
+  "version": "0.0.2-alpha.2",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "lerna run build",
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
     "changelog-parser": "^2.8.0",
     "lerna": "^3.20.2"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/cdktf-cli/bin/cmds/synth.ts b/packages/cdktf-cli/bin/cmds/synth.ts
index 43560b8335..0a3feb63a4 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf-cli/bin/cmds/synth.ts
+++ b/packages/cdktf-cli/bin/cmds/synth.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Command implements yargs.CommandModule {
       }
     });
 
-    console.log(`Generating Terraform code in the output directory: "${outdir}"`)
+    console.log(`Generating Terraform code in the output directory: "${outdir}/"`)
 
     if (!await fs.pathExists(outdir)) {
       console.error(`ERROR: synthesis failed, app expected to create "${outdir}"`);
diff --git a/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/help b/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/help
index cb77a9df2a..f5819fcdaf 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/help
+++ b/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/help
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
   Compile:
    npm run compile     Compile typescript code to javascript (or "yarn watch")
    npm run watch       Watch for changes and compile typescript in the background
-   npm run build       Get + compile
+   npm run build       cdktf get and compile typescript
 
   Synthesize:
-   npm run synth       Synthesize Terraform resources from stacks to dist/ (ready for 'terraform apply')
+   cdktf synth         Synthesize Terraform resources from stacks to dist/ (ready for 'terraform apply')
 
  Deploy:
+   terraform init ./dist
    terraform apply ./dist
 
  Upgrades: