Practical introduction to Python's subprocess module

Published: 21 October 2022
on channel: Samuel Chan

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We build a CLI tool utilizing Python's subprocess that, in one command, creates a directory to host our code, initialize git in it, creates the README and gitignore file, write content into the gitignore file, creates a virtual environment, start a task in our todo manager. So much value for personal / developer productivity, eh?

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All videos in that playlist use Python's standard library with no / minimal dependencies. We walk through the process of building a CLI productivity tool on top of TaskWarrior. To learn more about TaskWarrior, watch my introduction video:
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Timestamps for the impatient:
00:00 Intro: Automating our developer workflow
04:06 Understanding processes (w/ top and htop)
06:24 Python's subprocess module
16:18 Creating our project starter program with subprocess!

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