Exercise 3 - Node.js, CLI

Time for task #3!

In this section you will practice

Node.js - Build your first node.js cli app Npm - Work with external libraries Files - Read and write from the file system

What you are going to build

We already have a beautiful todo app that will help us to catch all the pokemons. Now let's create cli tool, so we can add, delete, and view todos like a real pro 👩‍💻 🧑‍💻

Use your code from the last exercise and refactor where needed.

The requirements:

• [v] Build node.js cli todo app
• [v] Detailed help option
• [v] Read/Write/Delete todos from a file

When you finish it should look like this:

Bonus

• [ ] Publish your code as npm package and run it with npx
• [v] Add colors to your cli tool
• [v] Add Inquirer.js and make you cli tool interactive
• [v] Display pokemon image (ascii art)

Run with npx

Install the package globally:

npm install -g todo-app-commander

Run:

npx todo-app-commander

Run with options

Option | Description --- | --- -V, --version |Output the version number -h, --help |Display help for command get [options] |Displays the todo list add |Write your todos or pokemons to the todo list delete |Delete a single todo by index delete-pokemon |Delete a single pokemon todo by pokemon ID or name delete-not-found |Delete all not found pokemons todos delete-all [options] |Delete all todos by group type pending-tasks |Show your pending tasks interactive |Use interactive menu help [command] |display help for command

Run Interactive

npx todo-app-commander interactive