Building Command Line Tools with Python,JavaScript and Julia

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Module 01 -Introduction To Command Line Interface Tools (CLI)

Lecture 1: Introduction and Course Outline

Lecture 2: What Are Command Line Interfaces (CLI) ?

Lecture 3: Anatomy of a CLI

Lecture 4: Tools of the Craft

Lecture 5: Types of Terminal Emulators -Windows

Lecture 6: Types of Terminal Emulators -Linux (Ubuntu)

Lecture 7: Best and Common Practices For Designing CLI Tools

Chapter 2: Module 02 – Building Command Line Tools with Python Using CLICK

Lecture 1: Building CLI Tools with Sys.Argv

Lecture 2: Building CLI Tools with CLICK – Introduction

Lecture 3: CLICK – Positional Arguments

Lecture 4: CLICK – Variadic /Variable Number of Arguments

Lecture 5: CLICK – Working with Group Commands

Lecture 6: CLICK – Creating Sub Commands

Lecture 7: CLICK – Passing Context

Lecture 8: CLICK – Working with Prompt and Passwords

Lecture 9: CLICK – Adding Confirmation To Options

Lecture 10: CLICK – Adding Colors To Your Command Line Interface

Lecture 11: CLICK – Launching and Opening Files

Lecture 12: CLICK – Extras – Showing Help For All Commands

Lecture 13: CLICK – Extras – Beautifying and Adding Colors to Help

Lecture 14: CLICK – Extras – Adding Plugins To your CLI and Command Tree

Lecture 15: CLICK – Extras – Working with Configuration Files

Lecture 16: CLICK – Extras – How to Add Git-like Did You Mean to your CLI

Chapter 3: Module 02 – Building Command Line Tools with Python Using ArgParse

Lecture 1: Building CLI Tools with ArgParse – Introduction

Lecture 2: ArgParse Python – Working with Optional Arguments

Lecture 3: ArgParse Python – Working with Positional Arguments

Lecture 4: ArgParse Python – Variable Number of Arguments (Nargs)

Lecture 5: ArgParse Python – Specifying Types

Lecture 6: ArgParse Python – Enabling and Disabling Help Option/Flag

Lecture 7: ArgParse Python – Allowing Abbreviations

Lecture 8: ArgParse Python – Nested Commands and Sub commands

Lecture 9: ArgParse Python – Mutually Exclusive Group of Options

Lecture 10: ArgParse Python – Customizing Group Command Name

Lecture 11: ArgParse Python – Adding Colors to Your CLI with Termcolor

Lecture 12: ArgParse Python – Adding Colors to Your CLI with Colorama

Chapter 4: Module 02 – Building Command Line Tools with Python using Google's Fire

Lecture 1: Introduction to Google's Fire

Lecture 2: Fire Python – Working with Positional and Optional Arguments

Lecture 3: Fire Python – Adding Colors to Your CLI

Lecture 4: Exercise on Google 's Fire & Solution 1

Lecture 5: Exercise on Google 's Fire & Solution 2

Lecture 6: Python Rich – Beautifying and Formating Text in the Terminal

Lecture 7: Pipx Tutorial – Run and Install CLI Applications in Isolated Environments

Chapter 5: Module 03 – Building Command Line Tools with JavaScript and Nodejs

Lecture 1: Building CLI Tools in JavaScript(Nodejs) -Introduction

Lecture 2: Building CLI Tools in Javascript using Argv

Lecture 3: Building CLI Tools with in JavaScript using Commander – Introduction

Lecture 4: Commander.js – Working with Commands

Lecture 5: Commander.js – Optional Arguments

Lecture 6: Commander.js – Adding Default Values to Options

Lecture 7: Commander.js – Working with Short Form of Optional Arguments and Alias

Lecture 8: Commander.js – Adding Colors with Chalk

Lecture 9: Commander.js – Working with Arguments(Positional)

Lecture 10: Misc – Using Figlet in Nodejs

Lecture 11: Building Interactive CLI Tools in Javascript using Vorpal.js

Lecture 12: Vorpal.js – Adding Options to Your Command

Lecture 13: Vorpal.js – including Autocompletion

Chapter 6: Module 04 – Building Command Line Tools with Julia

Lecture 1: Building CLI Tools in Julia – Introduction

Lecture 2: Building CLI Tools with Fire.jl – Introduction

Lecture 3: ArgParse Julia – Building CLI Tools with ArgParse.jl

Lecture 4: ArgParse Julia – Working with Positional and Optional Arguments

Lecture 5: Misc – Using Figlet in Julia

Chapter 7: Module 05 – Misc – Spinners,Animations,etc

Lecture 1: Making the CLI Fancy and Beautiful with Spinners,Colors,Figlet,etc

Lecture 2: Spinners Tutorial – Halo

Lecture 3: Spinners Tutorial – Halo – Types of Spinners

Lecture 4: Spinners Tutorial – Halo – Using Context Manager Method

Lecture 5: Spinners Tutorial – Halo – Using Function and Decorator Form

Lecture 6: Spinners Tutorial – Halo – Downloading

Chapter 8: Module 05 – Projects – Building Multiple CLI Tools

Lecture 1: Randomix Demo

Lecture 2: Project 01 – Randomix CLI – Randomly Recommend Books/Movies/etc

Lecture 3: QuizMe Demo

Lecture 4: Project 02 – QuizMe CLI – Quiz and Questions CLI

Lecture 5: IdeaList CLI Demo

Lecture 6: Project 03 – IdeaList CLI – An Idea Keeping CLI

Lecture 7: Project 03 – IdeaList CLI – Adding View and Search Feature

Lecture 8: Project 03 – IdeaList CLI – Beautifying the Help with Colors

Lecture 9: JobTracker Demo

Lecture 10: Project 04 – JobTracker CLI – Keep and Track Jobs Applications

Lecture 11: Project 04 – JobTracker CLI – Storing Data To DB

Lecture 12: Project 04 – JobTracker CLI – Showing and Searching Data

Lecture 13: Project 04 – JobTracker CLI – Editing,Updating and Delete

Lecture 14: Project 04 – JobTracker CLI – Miscellaneous

Lecture 15: Project 05 – Cypha CLI – Demo

Lecture 16: Project 05 – Cypha CLI – Ciphering Text with Common Algorithms

Lecture 17: Project 06 – Covid CLI – Tracking Coronavirus with Python