Added Windows deployment method (deploy.ps1)

.gitignore

@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ cdk.out
 work/
 aggregated_results.txt
 .vscode
+.idea

README.md

@@ -18,21 +18,21 @@ The calculator has two main components:
 ![Architecture](frontend/public/img/fig2_arc.png?raw=true "Architecture")
 
 ## Pre-requisites
-* A linux-based OS (no Windows deployment script yet)
-* NodeJS (version 18 or later) and NPM.
+* A Windows or Linux based OS (use `.\deploy.ps1` for Windows and `./deploy.sh` for Linux)
+* NodeJS (version 18 or later) and NPM (version 7.2 or later)
 [Node](http://nodejs.org/) and [NPM](https://npmjs.org/) are really easy to install.
 To make sure you have them available on your machine,
 try running the following command.
 
 ```sh
 $ npm -v && node -v
-7.24.2
-v18.16.1
+10.5.0
+v18.18.2
 ```
 * The AWS CDK installed (you can install with `npm install -g aws-cdk`).
 ```sh
 $ cdk --version
-2.124.0 (build 4b6724c)
+2.162.1 (build 10aa526)
 ```
 * If you have never used the AWS CDK in the current account and Region, run bootstrapping with npx cdk bootstrap.
 ```sh
@@ -51,13 +51,20 @@ $ aws sts get-caller-identity
 }
 ```
 
-## How to deploy
+## How to deploy - Linux OS (Bash)
 Run the deployment script from the project's root directory:
 
 ```sh
 $ ./deploy.sh
 ```
 
+## How to deploy - Windows OS (PowerShell)
+Run the deployment PowerShell script from the project's root directory:
+
+```powershell
+$ .\deploy.ps1
+```
+
 ## How to destroy
 
 ```sh

deploy.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Navigate to the backend directory and deploy the backend stack
+Set-Location -Path "backend"
+npm install
+New-Item -Path "../frontend/build" -ItemType Directory -Force
+cdk deploy NetCalcBackendStack --require-approval never
+
+# Retrieve the outputs from the CloudFormation stack
+$NETCALC_API_URL = (aws cloudformation describe-stacks --stack-name NetCalcBackendStack --query "Stacks[0].Outputs[?OutputKey=='apiUrl'].OutputValue" --output text)
+$NETCALC_CIDP_ID = (aws cloudformation describe-stacks --stack-name NetCalcBackendStack --query "Stacks[0].Outputs[?OutputKey=='identityPoolId'].OutputValue" --output text)
+$NETCALC_SCRAPER_LAMBDA = (aws cloudformation describe-stacks --stack-name NetCalcBackendStack --query "Stacks[0].Outputs[?OutputKey=='pricingScraperLambda'].OutputValue" --output text)
+$NETCALC_REGION = $NETCALC_CIDP_ID.Split(":")[0]
+
+# Invoke the scraper Lambda function to populate pricing data
+Write-Host "`n`n****************************************************************************"
+Write-Host "Invoking the pricing scraper Lambda function for the first time, this may take a few minutes, please wait..."
+aws lambda invoke --function-name $NETCALC_SCRAPER_LAMBDA --cli-read-timeout 0 --cli-binary-format raw-in-base64-out tmpresponse.json
+Remove-Item tmpresponse.json
+
+# Generate the aws-exports.js file for the frontend
+@"
+const awsconfig = {
+    "aws_project_region": "$NETCALC_REGION",
+    "aws_cognito_identity_pool_id": "$NETCALC_CIDP_ID",
+    "aws_cognito_region": "$NETCALC_REGION",
+    "aws_appsync_graphqlEndpoint": "$NETCALC_API_URL",
+    "aws_appsync_region": "$NETCALC_REGION",
+    "aws_appsync_authenticationType": "AWS_IAM",
+    "API": {
+        "NetCalcAPI": {
+            "endpoint": "$NETCALC_API_URL",
+            "authMode": "iam"
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+export default awsconfig;
+"@ | Out-File -FilePath "../frontend/src/aws-exports.js" -Encoding UTF8
+
+# Navigate to the frontend directory, install dependencies, and build the app
+Set-Location -Path "../frontend"
+npm install
+npm run build
+
+# Deploy the frontend stack
+Set-Location -Path "../backend"
+Remove-Item -Recurse -Force cdk.out
+cdk deploy NetCalcFrontendStack --require-approval never
+$NETCALC_FRONTEND_URL = (aws cloudformation describe-stacks --stack-name NetCalcFrontendStack --query "Stacks[0].Outputs[?OutputKey=='frontendUrl'].OutputValue" --output text)
+
+Write-Host "**********************************************************************************************************"
+Write-Host "The NetCalc app is deployed and the frontend URL can be accessed from $NETCALC_FRONTEND_URL"