/entries-manager-cli

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

Entries Manager CLI

A Node.js script that allows users to edit a .json file containing a collection of key/value pairs.

This is an in-class project from the web-apps module, check out the module repo for some practice problems before diving right in.

Getting Started

  1. Clone the repo
  2. cd into the project

Learning Objectives

  • Using CLI arguments
  • Writing to the file system
  • Structuring and using CLI apps
  • Reverse-engineering

Running the Demo

This repo comes with a fully-functioning (but unreadable!) demo. Play with this demo for a while to make sure you understand how your entries-manager-cli should behave.

  • node demo.min.js or node demo.min.js -h

Complete the Exercise

Fill in the blanks!

Challenges

All done? Copy your finished code into a new file so you don't loose your working code, and refactor the new file to:

  • Read & write from a .json file with this schema: 
    • [
  {key1: "value 1"},
  {key2: "value 2"},
  ...
]
  • Read & write from a .txt file organized like this:
    • "key 1":"value 1","key 2:"value 2",...
  • Make a better User Experience
    • Create a package.json file in this directory ($ npm init)
    • install boxen
    • log boxes instead of just text!