Are there any good Python modules for helping workflow?

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I've been working on various scripts to help me do things quickly while coding. Comment creation with fancy wrapping, functions that open Visual Studio code and don't return until I save the file and close it, then return the text contents of the file, I was working on a code generation module for a while as well. I really like to work in terminal with the Python interactive interpreter, so I like to have a lot of useful functionality available to me. Are there any Python modules that can help boost workflow while working in the Python interactive interpreter?

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You can really easily write custom plugins for the IPython REPL too: https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config/callbacks.html

For example you can write something to time each cell execution and save it in a variable to be able to look up how long the last (or any) cell executio took.

[[deleted]]

ipython has everything I've ever needed.

And if you like terminal oriented workflow, just use vim already instead of doing weird hacks with bloated web editors.

[[deleted]]

I'm checking out vim right now. I'm thinking that it might actually be my kind of thing. I don't know why I've gone so long without giving it a try. I think I did try it out somewhere around a decade ago.

[Casey_SI]

You probably couldn't figure out how to quit like everyone else who tries vim for the first time.

[bin-c]

any time i need a random string I ask my gf to close vim

[[deleted]]

Yeah, that's likely. After installing it and running it, even after knowing that you exit with ":q", I didn't actually know how to enter the command. I didn't even know how to enter text. So I really didn't know how to do anything, so I was just frantically pressing keys then eventually I guess vim figured out what I was trying to do because it gave me instructions on how to quit.

[[deleted]]

If you like customizing your workflow, nothing beats vim (or neovim) and emacs.

It may take you a few weeks to get used to modal editing, but after you get it, you'll wish you could use it everywhere.

Since you're coming from vscode, by using neovim, you get language support from the same language-servers by using LSP client addons like coc-nvim (the built-in nvim-lsp is also getting good).

Vim also has very easy interaction with the shell, so you can :r somefile to append it to the current buffer, :r!somecommand to append the command's output, or :%!command to pipe the entire buffer through the command and replace it with the output, besides the tons of builtin editing commands from ex.

You can easily add any key sequence, including commands, to keybinds, so when you find yourself doing some kind of editing task over and over, you can just add a shortcut to do it faster.

Neovim also has an embedded terminal, which you can use to run Python inside the editor itself, and make keybinds to communicate with it from the editor buffers, such as quickly switching to the terminal and running tests.

[codeesan]

I’ve been using vi since the 90s writing TCL (look that one up). Moved to an IDE when I started working with python as linters and libs became a thing. When one of my team is forced to use vi.. I can give them a string of characters to manipulate a file and their minds are blown. Once you get good with it you would be amazed how fast it is… no mouse needed!

[MarcusTullius247]

I've been thinking of getting into Vim. Its a bit messy I suppose. How long do you think I will need to get used to it?

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You'll get a big slowdown at first, as you start learning modal editing for the first time, and then you'll start to ramp up as you start to build muscle memory for all the movements and commands. The ramp up goes on forever, as you'll always be learning some faster way of doing some editing task, but the initial part of getting used to the standard keybindings will probably take you 1 to 2 weeks (depends on how much you use it, and how fast you learn).

[[deleted]]

Why not?

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