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<section id="getting-started-with-cpl">
<h1>Getting started with CPL<a class="headerlink" href="#getting-started-with-cpl" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>Welcome to CPL!</p>
<p>This tutorial introduces you to the essentials of the CPL package by walking through building an console based app.</p>
<section id="table-of-contents">
<h2>Table of Contents<a class="headerlink" href="#table-of-contents" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p><span class="xref myst">Prerequisites</span></p></li>
<li><p><span class="xref myst">Create the project</span></p></li>
<li><p><span class="xref myst">Create a menu</span></p></li>
<li><p><span class="xref myst">What’s next</span></p></li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id="prerequisites">
<h2>Prerequisites<a class="headerlink" href="#prerequisites" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>To get most out of this tutorial you should already have a basic understanding of the following.</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a></p></li>
</ul>
<p>Also you need to have the following installed.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://pip.sh-edraft.de">Pip</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="setup.html"><span class="doc std std-doc">CPL</span></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="setup.html"><span class="doc std std-doc">CPL-CLI</span></a></p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="create-the-project">
<h2>Create the project<a class="headerlink" href="#create-the-project" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>To create the sample project to the following:</p>
<ol class="arabic">
<li><p>Open a terminal</p></li>
<li><p>Run</p>
<div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>cpl new console sample-project
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>We don’t want to use Application base or Dependency injection:</p>
<div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>Do you want to use application base? <span class="o">(</span>y/n<span class="o">)</span> n
Do you want to use service providing? <span class="o">(</span>y/n<span class="o">)</span> n
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The ouput should look like this:</p>
<div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>Creating sample-project/LICENSE <span class="k">done</span>
Creating sample-project/README.md <span class="k">done</span>
Creating sample-project/src/tests/__init__.py <span class="k">done</span>
Creating sample-project/appsettings.json <span class="k">done</span>
Creating sample-project/src/sample-project/__init__.py <span class="k">done</span>
Creating sample-project/src/sample-projectmain.py <span class="k">done</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Open the project with an IDE like VS Code or PyCharm</p>
<p><img alt="IDE" src="_images/ide.png" /></p>
</li>
<li><p>Set the ‘src’ directory as source folder</p>
<p><img alt="IDE set src folder" src="_images/ide-src.png" /></p>
</li>
<li><p>Run the application</p>
<p>You should see an output like:</p>
<div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>Hello World
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>In PyCharm you have to enable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Emulate</span> <span class="pre">terminal</span> <span class="pre">in</span> <span class="pre">output</span> <span class="pre">console</span></code>!</p>
<p><img alt="IDE emulate console" src="_images/ide-emulate.png" /></p>
</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id="create-a-menu">
<h2>Create a menu<a class="headerlink" href="#create-a-menu" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ol class="arabic">
<li><p>Open the ‘sample-project/main.py’</p></li>
<li><p>Change ‘Hello World’ to ‘Password generator:’ in line 5</p></li>
<li><p>Add <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Console.select</span></code> as follows:</p>
<div class="highlight-py notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">cpl_core.console</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">Console</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">():</span>
<span class="n">Console</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write_line</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Password generator:'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">options</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span>
<span class="s1">'Only lower case'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">'Only upper case'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">'Lower and upper case'</span>
<span class="s1">'Exit'</span>
<span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">option</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Console</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">select</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'>'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'Select option: '</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">options</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="vm">__name__</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s1">'__main__'</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">main</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Get Id of the selected option:</p>
<div class="highlight-py notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">index</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">options</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">index</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">option</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create the generate function as follows:</p>
<div class="highlight-py notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">generate_password</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">letters</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">length</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-></span> <span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="s1">''</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">random</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">letters</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">length</span><span class="p">))</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Add imports:</p>
<div class="highlight-py notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">random</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">string</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Get length of the password:</p>
<div class="highlight-py notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">length</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Console</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Length: '</span><span class="p">))</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Validate the selected option:</p>
<div class="highlight-py notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">index</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">options</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">index</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">option</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">letters</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">''</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">index</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">letters</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ascii_lowercase</span>
<span class="k">elif</span> <span class="n">index</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">letters</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ascii_uppercase</span>
<span class="k">elif</span> <span class="n">index</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">letters</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ascii_letters</span>
<span class="k">elif</span> <span class="n">index</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">options</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">exit</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Print the generated password:</p>
<div class="highlight-py notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">Console</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write_line</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Password: '</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">generate_password</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">letters</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">length</span><span class="p">))</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>The full ‘sample-project/main.py’:</p>
<div class="highlight-py notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">random</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">string</span>
<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">cpl_core.console</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">Console</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">generate_password</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">letters</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">length</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-></span> <span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="s1">''</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">random</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">letters</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">length</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">():</span>
<span class="n">Console</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write_line</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Password generator:'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">options</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span>
<span class="s1">'Only lower case'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">'Only upper case'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">'Lower and upper case'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">'Exit'</span>
<span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">option</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Console</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">select</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'>'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'Select option: '</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">options</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">length</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Console</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Length: '</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">index</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">options</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">index</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">option</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">letters</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">''</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">index</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">letters</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ascii_lowercase</span>
<span class="k">elif</span> <span class="n">index</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">letters</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ascii_uppercase</span>
<span class="k">elif</span> <span class="n">index</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">letters</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ascii_letters</span>
<span class="k">elif</span> <span class="n">index</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">options</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">exit</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">Console</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write_line</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Password: '</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">generate_password</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">letters</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">length</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="vm">__name__</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s1">'__main__'</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">main</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
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</li>
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<section id="what-s-next">
<h2>What’s next<a class="headerlink" href="#what-s-next" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>In this section, you’ve created an application that uses user input to generate a password.</p>
<p>To continue exploring CPL and developing applications:</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="cpl_core.application.html"><span class="doc std std-doc">Application base</span></a></p></li>
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