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Why a CLI tool instead of a GUI? This sort of thing seems like a poor use-case for a CLI experience.
by lxe 7y ago
Why a CLI tool instead of a GUI? This sort of thing seems like a poor use-case for a CLI experience.
- orisho 7y agoProbably because the author wrote this for themselves and did not need a UI, but then thought that sharing it would be cool.
- bordercases 7y agoWhy wouldn't you need a UI? What makes a UI too bloated?
- sachdevap 7y agoA UI is more work, and a CLI can be piped into all sorts of personal projects/workflows. I sure would like this.
- orisho 7y agoI didn't say it's too bloated, but whipping up a script like this would take me time in the scale of minutes, while adding a basic UI would make that hours, and not be too useful. To be even a little useful the UI has to do quite a lot.
- chooseaname 7y agoOnce you have the CLI working, you can then add the GUI. They don't have to be globbed together.
- adl1995 7y agoI'm not sure what extra features I could provide with a GUI. I mainly use the script just to create the CSV file and then import it into Google My Maps, as explained here: https://adl1995.github.io/programmatically-organising-your-backpacking-trip-using-google-my-maps.html https://adl1995.github.io/programmatically-organising-your-b...