File-Management

Context

I constantly create files to practice various programming skills for various languages. I tend to recreate the same files, and I also tend to add the files to folders that I forget about, with names that I forget about. This will help me to be intentional about my naming conventions and stay organized.

Purpose

1. Whenever I create a new [Java, C++, HTML, CSS, Javscript, Swift, Python] file, I want the boilerplate code automatically added.
2. I create a lot of practice files for specific subjects. I want the files to automatically be created in the appropriate folder when it's created.

Algorithm for code_naming.py

1. Get the file’s name from the command line arguments. It will be referred to as target_file from now on.
2. Use target_file’s extension to find the applicable practice folder and template (boilerplate code) file path.
3. Change the current directory to the applicable practice folder.
4. Use target_file’s topic name to create a new folder of the same name.
5. If target_file doesn’t exist under /topic, copy the template file’s content to it.
6. Open up the file in the desired IDE.

Notes

• I would like to create automated tests for this at some point, but for now I just provided the types of testing commands that can be ran in code_naming_tests.md.
• If you download this to use
  • at lines 40, 45 & 62 - replace 'xxx' with your own file path and IDE (I used Visual Studio Code).
  • Be sure to create the necessary language folders (Python, HTML, etc. under whichever file path you choose)
  • Note that I set up my local environment to be able to run the commands in any directory