This project took months to make despite being a simple password generator. Most of the work done was through refactoring to make the code more readable and maintainable, as well as providing good user experience via the terminal.
Type annotationscan really help one spot bugs in intended program flow, especially as python is dynamically typed.- Organising functions in the
logical order of dependencereally helps build a reliable mental model of how everything works, with reliable speed. - Spliting workload into
modular functionsmakes it easier to do isolated testing, and helps mark out logical steps to the end goal. - User of python
lintersandformattersto easily make code pretty and catch errors (Pylint, Black, Flake8, Pyright) - Use of
CONSTANTSto further improve code logic. - Use of
docstringsto improve quick understanding of code. - Use of
wrapper functionsanddecoratorsto extend the functionality of built-in functions, in this case: input() - Use of
custom Exceptionsto handle the specific exception in my program, in this case: quitting prematurely - Giving
clear promptsandinstructionsto users help improve user experience
- Parallelism (Attempted to use threading to implement the quitting feature but I could not make it work)
- Virtual Environments