prompt for app name when one is not given. These tests are not completing in this commit and this is annoying me greatly.

lib/cmd.js

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 var program = require('commander');
 var colors = require('colors');
 var shelljs = require('shelljs');
+var promptly = require('promptly');
+var path = require('path');
 
 var Cmd = function(Embark) {
   this.Embark = Embark;
   program.version(Embark.version);
 };
 
+
 Cmd.prototype.process = function(args) {
   this.newApp();
   this.demo();
@@ -28,19 +31,39 @@ Cmd.prototype.process = function(args) {
 
 Cmd.prototype.newApp = function() {
   var self = this;
-  program
-  .command('new [name]')
-  .description('new application')
-  .action(function(name, options) {
-    if (name === undefined) {
 
-      console.log("please specify your app Name".red);
+  var validateName = function (value) {
-      console.log("e.g embark new MyApp".green);
+    try  {
-      console.log("e.g embark new --help for more information".green);
+      if(value.match(/^[a-zA-Z\s\-]+$/)) return value;
-      process.exit(9);
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new Error('Name must be only letters, spaces, or dashes', 9)
     }
-    self.Embark.generateTemplate('boilerplate', './', name);
+  };
-  });
+
+  program
+    .command('new [name]')
+    .description('new application')
+    .action(function (name, options) {
+      var parentDirectory = path.dirname(__dirname).split("/").pop();
+      if (name === undefined) {
+        return promptly.prompt("Name your app: (default: " + parentDirectory + ")", {
+          default: parentDirectory,
+          validator: validateName
+        }, function (err, inputvalue) {
+          if (err) {
+            console.error('Invalid name:', err.message);
+            // Manually call retry
+            // The passed error has a retry method to easily prompt again.
+            return err.retry();
+          } else {
+            //slightly different assignment of name since it comes from child prompt
+            return self.Embark.generateTemplate('boilerplate', parentDirectory, inputvalue);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
+      self.Embark.generateTemplate('boilerplate', './', name);
+    });
 };
 
 Cmd.prototype.demo = function() {

package.json

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^2.0.0",
     "globule": "^1.1.0",
     "merge": "^1.2.0",
+    "promptly": "^2.1.0",
     "serve-static": "^1.11.1",
     "shelljs": "^0.5.0",
     "solc": "0.4.8",
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "grunt": "^1.0.1",
     "grunt-cli": "^1.2.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-clean": "^1.0.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-coffee": "^1.0.0",
     "grunt-contrib-jshint": "^1.0.0",
     "grunt-mocha-test": "^0.13.2",
     "matchdep": "^1.0.1",

test/cmd.js

@@ -1,30 +1,42 @@
 var Embark = require('../lib/index');
 var Cmd = require('../lib/cmd');
 
+var passingLines = function () {
+  var lines = [];
+  lines.push('Initializing Embark Template....');
+  lines.push('Installing packages.. this can take a few seconds');
+  lines.push('Init complete');
+  return lines;
+};
+
 describe('embark.Cmd', function () {
   var cmd = new Cmd(Embark);
+  var pl = passingLines();
+  var appname = 'deleteapp';
 
   describe('#new', function () {
-    it('it should not create an app without a name', function (done) {
+    this.timeout(0);
-      cmd.newApp(undefined, function (output) {
+    it('it should create an app with a `name` argument set', function (done) {
-        var lines = output.split('\n');
-        assert.equal(lines[0], 'please specify your app Name');
-        assert.equal(lines[1], 'e.g embark new MyApp');
-        assert.equal(lines[2], 'e.g embark new --help for more information');
-      });
-      done();
-    });
-
-    it('it should create an app with a name', function (done) {
-      var appname = 'deleteapp';
       cmd.newApp(appname, function (output) {
         var lines = output.split('\n');
-        assert.equal(lines[0], 'Initializing Embark Template....');
+        console.log(lines);
-        assert.equal(lines[1], 'Installing packages.. this can take a few seconds');
+        assert.equal(lines[0], pl[0]);
-        assert.equal(lines[2], 'Init complete');
+        assert.equal(lines[1], pl[1]);
+        assert.equal(lines[2], pl[2]);
         assert.equal(lines[3], 'App ready at ./' + appname);
+        done();
       });
-      done();
     });
+
+    it('it should prompt when given an empty app name', function (done) {
+      cmd.newApp(undefined, function (output) {
+        var lines = output.split('\n');
+        console.log(lines);
+        process.stdout.write(appname);
+        assert.equal(lines[0], pl[0]);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
   });
 });