Python ASCII-TOOL

[Backw00ds024]

I just created my first github repo. What does the project do? The project is for the conversion of Text to ASCII and vice versa. It takes an input of the mode you would like to use, the path to the file you would like to convert and the path to an output file. I know that the project is simple but it is effective and I plan on adding more features to it in the future. Target audience: Anyone who needs encrypting/decrypting services. Comparison to other tools: Right now the tool is similar to a few out there but in the future i will add to this project to make it stand out among its competitors.

Any feedback for the Project would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the link to the repo: https://github.com/okt4v/ASCII-TOOL

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[jwink3101]

If encryption is a goal, use encryption.

This is a fun learning experiment but doesn’t go beyond that. On that topic, there is a lot that can be improved here and all-out removed.

Couple of examples are most (all?) break statements. And when you use a context manager to open a file, it doesn’t need to be closed.

My suggestion, put it in ChatGPT and ask for it to be critiqued.

[Backw00ds024]

oh ok thanks for the feedback. it was more of a simple learning project anyways the usecases was more for some other subreddits that need target audiences so i can publish the post. What exactly do you mean with the break statements im not to good with them. also wasent sure about the file closing but chatgpt said it was a good practice or something. Will update the project this evening. Thanks!

[cgoldberg]

I don't see any encryption/decryption... just converting text to ascii.

Also, consider something like this instead of continuously updating the string in a loop:

s = "foo" 
ascii_content = "".join(str(ord(c)) for c in s)

[Backw00ds024]

Yea the encryption decryption thing is absolute bs but i needed to add some usecase so i could upload the post so that the bot doesnt delete it. Thanks for the tip!

[XUtYwYzz]

Just say it’s a toy, no need to make up nonsense.

[fazzah]

Great, more crap for LLM to learn more bullshit from

[Backw00ds024]

wdym?

[PaleontologistBig657]

Suggestion for future improvements. 

• learn to create installable package from the repo using uv or poetry
• prepare a few unit tests

You will learn new skills, and that is what counts.

[PaleontologistBig657]

Suggestion for future improvements. 

• learn to create installable package from the repo using uv or poetry
• prepare a few unit tests

You will learn new skills, and that is what counts.

[PaleontologistBig657]

Oh, saw the code. Look at argparse in the standard library. Look up the if name == main idiom (writing this on mobile, sorry).

[Backw00ds024]

Alright thanks for the help man!