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I made a menu-driven CLI frontend for yt-dlp. Feedback is welcomed. (github.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I made this Python menu-driven CLI script for yt-dlp. It guides you through a series of menus to download content from a YouTube URL.

If anyone is interested, feedback would be greatly appreciated as only I have tested this so far, and I want to make sure it works for other people's systems.

If you encounter any issues or bugs, let me know so I can fix them!

Edit: I should mention: This is not a pipx package. That was never the intention developing this initially. I might make it a package in the future, but for now, it is just a project directory.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

User friendly LOL!

If you encounter any issues or bugs, let me know so I can fix them!

You shoulda lead with that. I love the humor. Can't stop laughing,

The entire project is a bug LOL!

Where to start?

  1. There is no packaging at all

Start with a pyproject.toml and work from there.

  1. no tests

Everything is a bug until it's got test coverage.

  1. screenshots

In the .github folder?! That's gotta be a 1st

  1. no dev environment

Expecting pre-commit as well as isort, flask, black, and mypy

  1. print statements galore

Looked into requirements.txt expecting to find a console UI framework. There is none!

A pattern has emerged that many Python coders have spent not enough to no time learning packaging, dev toolchain, and CI/CD publishing. When asking folks to test your work they'll be expecting a published package, not a series of amateurish scripts and a bash install script.

Should write an advertisement

Please someone skilled at console UI and packaging please please please help in a paid position.

Can confidently say, you need help.

Not writing more features the OP is good at that. Just packaging and swapping out the prehistoric console UI with a modern console UI framework.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Dunking on noobs is not cool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You yourself are a victim

Having good intentions you tried and found out the hard way that in fact packaging does matter.

You were tricked.

I looked at it, recognized the flaming turd being thrown at the proverbial wall, and dodged.

That is our job when doing code reviews and offering advice. Be kind up to the point where being honest is unavoidable.

A series of scripts does not make a package. Have to put our collective foot down; follow Nancy Reagon's advice, Just say no!

This project cannot be helped. It needs a complete rewrite.

Having minimal expectations is not being mean to noobs. Not getting anywhere in the ballpark of minimal expectations is being mean to potential users ...