/AirBnB_clone

Primary LanguagePython

DESCRIPTION

AirBnB is a complete web application, integrating database storage, a back-end API, and front-end interface.

This is part 1 of our AirBnb Clone project. The purpose of this project is to make a command interpreter that manages our AirBnb objects.

CONCEPTS LEARNT

  • How to create a Python package
  • How to create a command interpreter in Python using the cmd module
  • What is Unit testing and how to implement it in a large project
  • How to serialize and deserialize a Class
  • How to write and read a JSON file
  • How to manage datetime
  • What is an UUID
  • What is *args and how to use it
  • What is **kwargs and how to use it
  • How to handle named arguments in a function

Starting the Commandline Interpreter

The Commandline Interpreter can be started by executing the command ./console.py. The console can create, destroy, and update objects. Type help within the console to get a list of command options and its function.

Example:

nimi@ubuntu:~$ ./console.py
(hbnb) help

Documented commands (type help <topic>):
========================================
EOF  create  help  quit

Undocumented commands:
======================
all  destroy  show  update

(hbnb) help quit
Quit command to exit the program
(hbnb) quit
nimi@ubuntu:~$