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.
 - Compatable 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

# PyPi Hosted Link

https://pypi.org/project/app-skellington/

# 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_ENABLE_LOGGING' environment variable to any value which turns
on AppSkellington-level logging. 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

I recommend pyenv to install a reliable, controlled python of preferred version locally.

```
curl https://pyenv.run | bash

# Add to .bashrc or similar for different shells:
tee -a "$HOME"/.profile <<'EOF'

export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
[[ -d $PYENV_ROOT/bin ]] && export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"

EOF
```
 * reference https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv

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

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

Build:
```
python -m build
```

Install:

```
pip install .
```



# Version

setuptools_scm will infer the version based on the latest tag in your Git history.
Ensure you are tagging your commits with meaningful version numbers like v1.0.0, v1.1.0, etc.

# License

MIT no attribution required - https://opensource.org/license/mit-0

 * Allows commercial use.
 * Allows modifications and closed-source derivatives.
 * Fully interoperable with nearly all other open-source licenses, including GPL (when combined properly).

# See Also

 * Project page: https://zavage-software.com/portfolio/app_skellington
 * Please report bugs, improvements, or feedback!
 * Contact: mathew@zavage.net
 
 * Packing and distribution conforms to PEP 621 https://peps.python.org/pep-0621/
 * Reference https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/distributing-packages-using-setuptools/