3 ms·

I think a click is easier than the CLI in some situations, such as when I'm looking at a table and I want to edit a specific value in it. (A curses interface wo

by philh 11y ago

I think a click is easier than the CLI in some situations, such as when I'm looking at a table and I want to edit a specific value in it. (A curses interface would also be better than a classical CLI for that.) Note that jperras said "Stop using web-based admin tools". I think the CLI isn't good enough to fully replace them, but I don't think that one should stop using the CLI. I use both.

danso 11y ago
I apologize for coming off as unnecessarily snooty...however, I interpreted your challenge as kind of broad and, at first glance, missing the point of a CLI...("I'm skeptical that the CLI can do everything I'd want") The CLI is supposed to let you do more of everything you want, versus a GUI, at the cost of being more complicated...but that's programming in general...programming is always harder and more tedious than the pre-designed solution, but people go the programming route when they need to ability to go beyond anticipated use cases. But if by "everything I'd want" you're referring to not just functionality, but overall usability...no argument, the CLI doesn't provide that. Although I'd argue that at a certain point, the CLI is easier when you need performance and peace of mind that something happened even if it is not easily visible via the GUI.