shahank42/poketext

A Pokemon catching and (sorta) exploring CLI application.

PokeText

A Pokemon catching and (sorta) exploring CLI application.

Built for the corresponding Boot.dev course in an effort to learn the ins and outs of Golang by me.

Installation

Step -1: Install Go in your system

Download a working version of go based on your system in the corresponding Go Lang Website.

Step 0: Getting PokeText Installed

Download an appropriate executable file from the Releases page. That's it.

Step 1: Execute the executable from a CLI

Kinda self-explanatory, ain't it?

Step 3: Gotta catch 'em all!

You're in the PokeText CLI. Remember to use the help command if you're ever stuck

Compiling

Easy peasy.

  git clone https://github.com/shahank42/poketext.git
  cd poketext
  go build && ./poketext

This is for Loonix. Do the corresponding thing if you're on Windows or some other OS.

Why Even Bother With Something Like This?

That's exactly what I asked myself before I started. Like everyone else, I dismissed the idea of creating a CLI Pokedex because, well, it seemed too easy and not "cool enough". But then I realized that despite how much I keep touting about Golang I didn't have any proper project written in it. Welp time to change that. I was gonna finish this seemingly easy project in one night.

It was more involved than I expected it to be. Not anything too difficult, but yeah definitely a good exercise of the brain.

Here are the things I learned along the way:

• Golang's package system for organizing code (which I absolutely love)
• Writing my own cache and cache middleware (yep, from scratch)
• How to think in the Golang way (can't really elaborate much on it, Go code has a certain feel to it which you can sense once you actually write a lot of it)
• Write code faster (I was practising using NeoVim so lmao)

Overall it's nice, maybe I can keep on developing it and add a bunch of cool features if I get enough willpower and motivation.

Contributing

Lol idk why anyone would, but sure any contributions are welcome.

Maybe you're also learning Golang and are diving into open-source contributions? Well then PokeText can act as a cool first repository, just imagine contributing to some stranger's project :-)