Improve deploy script

Author: dresnite

deploy.js

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 const HDWalletProvider = require("@truffle/hdwallet-provider");
 const Web3 = require("web3");
+const fs = require("fs")
 
 const { abi, bytecode } = require("./compile");
+const path = require("path");
 
 const provider = new HDWalletProvider(
     process.env.ETH_MNEMONIC,
@@ -10,17 +12,34 @@ const provider = new HDWalletProvider(
 const web3 = new Web3(provider);
 
 const deploy = async () => {
+    console.log("Obtaining available accounts");
     const accounts = await web3.eth.getAccounts();
+    console.log("Successfully obtained " + accounts.length + " accounts");
+
+    console.log("Reading account balance before starting...");
+    const balance = await web3.eth.getBalance(accounts[0]);
+    console.log("Your balance is " + balance +  " wei");
 
     console.log("Attempting to deploy from account", accounts[0]);
 
     const result = await new web3.eth.Contract(abi)
-        .deploy({ data: bytecode, arguments: ["Hi there"]})
-        .send({ gas: "1000000", from: accounts[0] });
+        .deploy({ data: bytecode, arguments: []})
+        .send({ gas: "10000000", from: accounts[0] });
+
+    console.log("Storing contract ABI in abi.json");
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+        path.resolve(__dirname, "abi.json"),
+        JSON.stringify(abi)
+    );
+
+    console.log("Successfully saved ABI");
+
 
     console.log("Contract deployed to ", result.options.address);
 
     provider.engine.stop();
 }
 
+console.log("Starting deployment...");
 deploy();