Introduction

Data Capture is a simple shell-based Python programming for entering data, calculating statistics and answering questions about the data.

Getting Started

Requirements

Python 3.7+ (should work with lessor versions, but untested) Python Virtual Environment (for running tests if you want to install dependencies)

Creating a virtual environment and installing requirements

Create the virtual environment:

python3 -m venv ./venv

Activate the virtual environment:

source venv/bin/activate

Install the requirements:

pip install -r requirements

Running Tests

pytests

Running the Stats Shell

To launch the interactive shell, run:

python data_capture.py

The shell offers a number of commands for entering data, calculating statistics, and asking questions of the data.

Here is a sample session: