app_skellington/README.md

app_skellington
===============
Application framework for Python, features include:
 - Pain-free multi-level command menu: Expose public class methods as commands available to user.
 - Simple to define services and automatic dependency injection based on name (with custom invocation as an option). \*WIP
 - INI-style config and and validation (provided through ConfigObj).
 - Colored logging (provided through colorlog)
 - Works on Linux, Windows, and Mac.

Principles:
 - Lend to creating beautiful, easy to read and understand code in the application.
 - Minimize coupling of applications to this framework.
 - Compatible with Linux, Windows, and Mac. Try to be compatible as possible otherwise.
 - Try to be compatible with alternate Python runtimes such as PyPy and older python environments. \*WIP

Application Configuration
-------------------------
Site configurations are supported through ConfigObj. There is a config.spec
in the src directory which is a validation file; it contains the accepted
parameter names, types, and limits for configurable options in the
application which is built on app_skellington. The format is multi-level .ini syntax.

Reference the ConfigObj documentation for config.ini and config.spec
format. See:

 - https://configobj.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configobj.html#the-config-file-format
 - https://configobj.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configobj.html#validation

Config files (config.ini) are created if they don't exist. The
file always contains the full specification of parameters; i.e. even default
parameters are added into the config file.

Linux:

/home/\<user\>/.config/\<app_name\>/config.ini

/home/\<user\>/.cache/\<app_name\>/log/\<app_name\>.log

Windows:

C:\\Users\\\<user>\\\<app_name\>\\Local\\\<app_name\>\\config.ini

C:\\Users\\\<user>\\\<app_name\>\\Local\\\<app_name\>\\Logs\\\<app_name\>.log

Application configuration can be overridden ad-hoc through the --config <filename>
argument.

Debug - Turn on Logging
-----------------------
Set 'APPSKELLINGTON_DEBUG' environment variable to any value which turns
on AppSkellington logger. For example,

    APPSKELLINGTON_DEBUG=1 <executable>

or

    export APPSKELLINGTON_DEBUG=1
    <executable>

Tests
-----
Tests are a WIP. Recommendation is to run 'pytest' in the 'tests' directory.

Development
-----------
Clone the repo:
```commandline
git clone https://git-mirror.zavage.net/zavage-software/app_skellington.git
```

Verify your desired python environment.

Poetry install to install dependencies and the program in your desired python environment
```commandline
poetry install
# verify no errors
```

Install pre-commit hooks:
```commandline
pre-commit install
```

Begin development.

License
-------
I'm releasing this software under one of the most permissive
licenses, the MIT software license. This applies to this source repository
and all files within it. Alternatively, you are permitted you
to use any of this under the GPL to the fullest legal extent allowed.

Notes
-----
See official website: https://zavage-software.com
Please report bugs, improvements, or feedback!