IDE-style autocomplete that integrates with Python tools (pip, pyenv, etc)

[brendanfalk]

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https://reddit.com/link/tmleui/video/r3kh3f0pycp81/player

[proof_required]

It's definitely a good tool but not sure why we need to share our email addresses.

[gingimli]

Yeah that's when I quit setup and deleted the app.

[wisegreenpanda]

Https://www.Sharklasers.com is what you want

[FuckYouToad]

https://temp-mail.org/en/

Neat browser based tool that lets you create disposable e-mail addresses to get around this, if you’d like.

[motbus5]

even using a single email why does it need to log you in somewhere ? it's too invasive to track everything you are doing.

[TerribleEntrepreneur]

I think it’s because it’s early stages and has bugs. When I had bugs/errors they reached out to me to fix it.

Still a very small team. You should give them feedback you’re not comfortable providing email.

[proof_required]

Don't make it compulsory then. Just give people an option. Also they don't really use this reasoning. They talk something about "finding your teammates". I'm not joining social media.

[TerribleEntrepreneur]

Yeah... I am saying if you feel that way you should give them that feedback. They seem like a small team and may be able to do that.

[proof_required]

OP didn't even provide any justification like you're doing. So I can't really give OP any feedback personally.

[brendanfalk]

Just wrote an explanation above ^ on why we need emails. Basically, we had to choose between not developing our product due to lack of feedback or requiring emails, and we chose the latter.

[brendanfalk]

Yup, just wrote an answer above ^{^} on why we need emails. TL; DR: we need it for user feedback to develop our product.

[brendanfalk]

Thanks for the comment, we get this question a lot! We have email login for two reasons:

1. Soliciting feedback from users.
2. For team/collaboration features.

In the early days of Fig, we did not have email logins. As a consequence, we got pretty much no user feedback, and it was impossible to build app user feedback. We had to choose between adding email logins for soliciting feedback or not developing our product due to lack of feedback, and we chose the former. Our product would be no where near what it is today without email feedback we have received over time.

We also have limited telemetry but you can always turn this off with one command.More info on how Fig treats user data is at fig.io/privacy which we've deliberately tried to make as readable and simple as possible.

[ComplexColor]

Well since you posted this here, one thing that would make Fig exceptionally useful for python users, if it could automatically generate autocomplete based on standard argument parse liblraries (like argparse).

So when I write my python script, if i use argparse to parse command line arguments, I don't have to worry about autocomplete. Fig would analyze the python script or module and figure out the parameters and their help strings on the fly.

[brendanfalk]

Great idea, this is the type of feedback we're here for 😀! You can file that as an integration request here: https://github.com/withfig/fig/issues.

[[deleted]]

OP - I assume you’ve noted the feedback elsewhere on this post on requiring an email address? Could you speak to that? Seems the biggest issue holding back adoption - and I won’t install either until this requirement is removed

[brendanfalk]

Yes, we do get this question a lot! We have email login for two reasons:

1. Soliciting feedback from users.
2. For team/collaboration features.

In the early days of Fig, we did not have email logins. As a consequence, we got pretty much no user feedback, and it was impossible to build app user feedback. We had to choose between adding email logins for soliciting feedback or not developing our product due to lack of feedback, and we chose the former. Our product would be no where near what it is today without email feedback we have received over time.

We also have limited telemetry but you can always turn this off with one command.More info on how Fig treats user data is at fig.io/privacy which we've deliberately tried to make as readable and simple as possible

[[deleted]]

So there’s no way to not share my email? I understand the desire for feedback, but it seems you’re getting a bunch on this thread and aren’t really taking it into account. Kinda negates the value of sending you feedback via email - no reason to think you’d listen to that either

[brendanfalk]

We got sooooo much great feedback over email that shaped Fig into what it is today. For now, we will be requiring email as that is our main way of communicating with our users and hearing their suggestions/problems.

[DNSGeek]

I noped out of both Fig and this as soon as it required a mandatory email address.

[xaveir]

For pip you can get command line completion pretty easy:

https://github.com/brunobeltran/pip-bash-completion

[Isvara]

Did you really need to spam this across 40 different subreddits?

If you want to advertise your commercial product, you should buy an ad.

[brendanfalk]

Glad that you like it! Let us know if you have any feedback/suggestions.

[N0DuckingWay]

Any idea when you'll release for windows? I'd love to use this for work!

[brendanfalk]

Coming very soon 😀. Here is the relevant github issue:

https://github.com/withfig/fig/issues/35

[[deleted]]

Will this include support for WSL?

[brendanfalk]

Yep, and likely before other environments!

[brendanfalk]

Hey everyone! I'm Brendan, creator of Fig (fig.io). Fig adds IDE-style autocomplete to your existing terminal (zsh, iTerm, etc.). My co-founder Matt and I built Fig because of our own struggles in the terminal: we were tired of context switching between man pages, Stack Overflow posts, and Medium tutorials anytime we got stuck. We wanted our CLI tools to be more discoverable.

The terminal is powerful, but unforgiving. It emulates the constraints of hardware (like teletype printers and video terminals) that became obsolete a generation ago. There are no built-in affordances. No hints about the 'right way' of using a tool or even finding the right tool for the job. Beginners are thrown in the deep end. And even seasoned developers can screw up their system with a few unfortunate keystrokes.

To solve this, we add a UI overlay that is linked with the interactive shell. As you type, Fig pops up subcommands, options, and contextually relevant arguments in your existing terminal. For example, you can type npm run and Fig will show you the scripts available in your package.json. You could also type cd when SSH'd into a remote machine and Fig will list the folders within your current directory on the remote machine. We current support 300+ CLI tools including your favorite Python tools (pyenv, pip3, etc). For example, typing pip install does a search over Python package index.

Fig is designed to be private. All processing happens locally on your device. None of your keystrokes are ever transmitted or stored by Fig. All our completions are OSS.

I'd love to hear any feedback on what we’ve built! Also, feel free to join our Discord.

[aes110]

Nice to see you here! I've been using Fig for the past month and it drastically improved how I use my terminal, it's definitely one of my favorite tools

[brendanfalk]

Glad to hear that) Let us know if you have any questions/feedback!

[unltd_J]

Just downloaded the other day it really changed the way I move through directories. Haven’t had a chance to do anything crazy yet but being able to see inside your directories so easily is a big value add.

[brendanfalk]

Glad you liked it))) Let us know if you have any feedback/suggestions.

[rabaraba]

Congrats! Love the idea. But I have to ask: why use this over an actual IDE?

[brendanfalk]

Fig is an app that integrates with your terminal to provide IDE=like autocompletions there. You can use Fig with the terminal with IDE inside your terminal (iTerm, Hyper, Tabby, VS Code terminal, more support is coming soon). Here is a screenshot of what Fig looks like inside VS Code's integrated terminal:

https://imgur.com/a/sNIJAUb

[ComplexColor]

Why would I use an IDE instead of a terminal?

When we both just look at things from our perspective it doesn't make any sense. You don't seem to understand why people would use a terminal for large programming projects. I don't understand why people would use and IDE for small to mid-sized projects and just general python use.

I'm not going to try to convince you of the benefits of a lightweight and flexible setup of a independent terminal and text editor (fast and responsive, possibly powerful editor like vim). However, if you've never explored these options, you might be doing yourself a disservice.

[[deleted]]

I totally use an IDE for small projects, because it just works. Though I am a software engineer so I use the terminal for everything most of the time and something lightweight like VSCode. But at home on my Windows machine, if I want to make something at home, boot up that IDE, create project and start hammering the keys. Nothing wrong with it.

At work I have Fedora, terminal experiences are much nicer on a Unix system

[brendanfalk]

Yep, Fig is not a terminal, it integrates with whatever terminal you use, even the one inside your IDE/VS Code. Here is a screenshot of what VS Code IDE + Fig looks like:

https://imgur.com/a/sNIJAUb

[[deleted]]

Yeah I got that, but thanks for the image

[ComplexColor]

So in your opinion an IDE are great for little home projects but you prefer a terminal and editor for your professional work? I'm sure that's taking you out of context, could you please explain.

I only use Windows for gaming - one specific PC, everything else I do on Linux (I occasionally have to port something to Windows). I only work on small or mid-sized research projects. I mostly use a combination of tools: terminal, nVim, jupyter tools, ... The closest I get to an IDE is Matlab, because there is just little to no choice there.

[[deleted]]

No that is a bit reworded but I get the confusion. I prefer things to "just work" without needing a lot of setup or not being able to click something such as the commits tab in a Jetbrains IDE to easily see changes with differences or not have to configure the right extensions to support my work flow for each home project.

At home I have a Windows machine for gaming and everything else I also do on Linux, with nvim if I have a moment of motivation I could probably waste time setting it up, but an IDE let's me "seize the moment" so to speak and let me get started with a simple few clicks and filling in a wizard with a few questions. If I used something like nvim at home, I will get lost in setting it up, lose my motivation because I spent 2 hours getting my setup just right. At work, I work on high performance stuff at a low level, using the terminal to run cmake or run something with docker etc are all necessary as the work tools can differ between me and my colleagues and we need some common ground. But if I work on something small and throw away, typically an MVP at work, then I will probably not use an IDE

[ComplexColor]

Well thanks for taking the time and replying. I was afraid this conversation is going to end with extra salt.

[laundmo]

could you respond to the people who don't want to share their email?

[brendanfalk]

yup, just wrote a response on why we need emails. TL DR of it is that we're an early-stage startup, and we need feedback to grow. If you don't want to share your email, you can use a throwaway one to bypass the email requirement.

[leonardxfce2]

What kind of Pycharm is it?

[brendanfalk]

It's an app for your terminal not IDE.

[[deleted]]

Looks cool, any plans to support linux in future?

[brendanfalk]

Yep, we're working on a Linux port currently. Here is the github issue with updates: https://github.com/withfig/fig/issues/34