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Exercise: Complete and Remove To-Dos

Emmanuel Nwokocha

Building a Python Command-Line To-Do App With Typer Emmanuel Nwokocha 18:00

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Overview

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Getting Started With Typer

Building a Python Command-Line To-Do App With Typer (Overview) 01:45

Understanding Course Prerequisites 01:20

Reviewing CLI Applications 01:17

Planning Functionality 02:51

Exploring Needed Tools 01:18

Setting Up the Environment 04:38

Introducing Typer 08:43

Exercise: Greet From the Command Line 09:00

Creating a Todo App

Laying Out the Project 03:09

Building the Initial To-Do App 11:51

Exercise: Map Return Codes to Messages 11:00

Preparing and Configuring a Database 09:58

Initializing the To-Do Database 12:41

Storing and Communicating Data 11:05

Exercise: Read and Write the To-Do Database 13:30

Adding Items to the Database 14:58

Exercise: Add a To-Do From the Command Line 17:00

Listing Items 07:59

Marking an Item Done 08:58

Removing an Item 11:31

Exercise: Complete and Remove To-Dos 18:00

Covering Extras 01:35

Building a Python Command-Line To-Do App With Typer (Summary) 01:41

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