From ef3c8120da57ebcb9126c92c8a1ef65a432863ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Polk <andrew_polk@sil.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:45:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Automatic tasks to set up development environment

---
 .vscode/settings.json       |  1 +
 .vscode/tasks.json          | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 build/ensure-initialized.sh | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 99 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 build/ensure-initialized.sh

diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index f381aeb8de0a..484fa1afb101 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "task.allowAutomaticTasks": "on",
     "editor.formatOnSave": true,
     "prettier.endOfLine": "auto",
     "files.eol": "auto",
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 090c48023787..858074959329 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -1,6 +1,50 @@
 {
     "version": "2.0.0",
     "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "Create terminals",
+            "dependsOn": ["BloomBrowserUI", "content"],
+            "runOptions": {
+                "runOn": "folderOpen"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "BloomBrowserUI",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "bash",
+            "options": {
+                "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src/BloomBrowserUI"
+            },
+            // Mark as a background task to avoid the spinner animation on the terminal tab
+            "isBackground": true,
+            // Create the tasks in a terminal group (split)
+            "presentation": {
+                "group": "my-group"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "content",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "bash",
+            "options": {
+                "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src/content"
+            },
+            "isBackground": true,
+            "presentation": {
+                "group": "my-group"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Ensure Development Environment Initialized",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "bash build/ensure-initialized.sh",
+            "runOptions": {
+                "runOn": "folderOpen"
+            },
+            "presentation": {
+                "reveal": "always"
+            }
+        },
         {
             "label": "build",
             "command": "dotnet",
diff --git a/build/ensure-initialized.sh b/build/ensure-initialized.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed320dc7b0ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/ensure-initialized.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "=========================================================="
+echo "Bloom Desktop - Ensure Development Environment Initialized"
+echo "=========================================================="
+echo ""
+
+# Get the repository root directory (parent of the build directory)
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+REPO_ROOT="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
+
+
+echo "Checking for Bloom.chm file in DistFiles..."
+echo "--------------------------------------"
+if [ ! -e "$REPO_ROOT/DistFiles/Bloom.chm" ]; then
+    echo "Bloom.chm file not found. Running getDependencies-windows.sh..."
+    cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+    bash getDependencies-windows.sh
+else
+    echo "Bloom.chm file found. Skipping getDependencies-windows.sh."
+fi
+echo ""
+
+
+echo "Checking node_modules in content directory..."
+echo "--------------------------------------"
+cd "$REPO_ROOT/src/content"
+if [ ! -d "node_modules" ]; then
+    echo "node_modules not found. Running yarn in content directory..."
+    yarn
+else
+    echo "node_modules already exists in content directory. Skipping yarn."
+fi
+echo ""
+
+
+echo "Checking node_modules in BloomBrowserUI directory..."
+echo "--------------------------------------"
+cd "$REPO_ROOT/src/BloomBrowserUI"
+if [ ! -d "node_modules" ]; then
+    echo "node_modules not found. Running yarn and yarn build in BloomBrowserUI directory..."
+    yarn
+    yarn build
+else
+    echo "node_modules already exists in BloomBrowserUI directory. Skipping yarn and yarn build."
+fi
+echo ""
+
+echo "=========================================================="
+echo "✓ Development environment initialization complete!"
+echo "=========================================================="
+echo ""
+echo "You can now build and run Bloom Desktop."