Enhancement: Enhanced Error Guidance with Comprehensive Detection and Recovery

[ruaan-deysel]

Enhancement Category: User Experience (High Impact)

Current State

Installation scripts provide basic error handling, but users often struggle with troubleshooting when things don't go as expected.

Enhancement Opportunity

Add comprehensive error detection with helpful guidance and recovery steps to improve the troubleshooting experience.

Benefits

• Developer Benefit: Faster troubleshooting and resolution when things don't go as expected
• Learning Value: Teaches debugging methodologies and best practices
• Impact: High - Significantly reduces user frustration and support burden

Implementation Approach

• Implement detailed error messages with suggested solutions
• Add recovery steps for common failure scenarios
• Create error categorization system
• Provide links to relevant documentation
• Add diagnostic tools for common issues

Acceptance Criteria

• Comprehensive error detection across all installation scripts
• Detailed error messages with context and suggested solutions
• Recovery steps for common failure scenarios
• Error categorization (network, permissions, dependencies, etc.)
• Diagnostic tools for system requirements and common issues
• Links to relevant documentation for each error type
• Logging improvements for better debugging

Related Issues

This addresses issue #102 (Insufficient Script Error Handling)