Writing cli tools for fun
A simple problem
It usually starts with a single task to be done. Single, simple that can be done by hand. For instance, I try to add a three-lines header for each file of any projects I work on.
# Copyright (C) 2023 Rémy Cases
# See LICENSE file for extended copyright information.
# This file is part of adventOfCode project from https://github.com/remyCases/adventOfCode.
Even though, I almost work under MIT, I like the idea that someone could stumble upon my code and will immediatly look for the rest of the project. Well, I did it in the past, so I like the idea. The main problem is the lack of discipline, in all projects (without any exception) I forgot some headers.
A simple solution
I like Lua. Simple, lightweight. It feels like home for a C dev like me. But I can’t for the love of Knuth remember the syntax. No matter how many lines of (bad) lua code I wrote, I hard reset each times I push my commit.
So, Lua was a natural candidate for my go-to scripting language for quick and easy cli tools.