Provide the way to get list of starter projects with id/display name/description for specific component type

[dgolovin]

/kind feature

Which functionality do you think we should add?

odo create provides a --starter option to create component based on simple working project. --starter option also allows to use project name listed inside devfiles' starterProjects node. Considering that usually remote registry is going to be used, there is no easy way to get list of starter projects form devfile for specific component type. The only way right now is to go to remote registry's repository and look inside devfile.yaml.

There should be ether odo command to list starter projects for specific component type as a table consists of ID, Name, Display Name, Description or information about starter projects should be part of `odo catalog list components' output.

Why is this needed?

• To speed up creating and deploying first application on Kubernetes or OpenShift
• To improve odo integration with IDEs and allow to create IDEs specific UI to create starter projects

[adisky]

The only way right now is to go to remote registry's repository and look inside devfile.yaml.

@dgolovin starter projects of a component could be listed using odo catalog describe component <component-name>

$ odo catalog describe component java-quarkus
Devfile Component(s):

* Registry: DefaultDevfileRegistry

Starter Projects:
---
name: quarkus-ex
git:
  remotes:
    origin: https://github.com/odo-devfiles/quarkus-ex

Though odo catalog describe component <component-name> -o json contains whole devfile, the output could be improved.

[dgolovin]

@adisky Thank you for info 👍 That is what needed. Could it have description property with short basic info about the project?

[girishramnani]

We currently dont have any description for starter projects @dgolovin

[adisky]

@dgolovin It prints the whole starter projects struct from devfile, https://github.com/odo-devfiles/registry/blob/master/devfiles/java-quarkus/devfile.yaml#L6, Its just that we do not have starter project description in odo devfile registry. We need to update the devfiles there

[dgolovin]

@girishramnani @adisky Sounds like devfile does have description attribute for starter project. It just not used. That attribute only makes sense when there are more than one starter project though.

Thanks! Closing the issue.