Bash Python Project Jumper

python, bash script, virtualenv

Ever felt the need to move around multiple python projects and got tired of activating Virtual Environments ? These scripts let you jump from one project to another while activating it's virtualenv as you go.

For making a virtual env

$ makeEnv my_project

For jumping into a project and activating it's virtual env

$ workon my_project
(my_project)user@user-pc: <path_to_my_project> $

A few assumptions have been made in writing these scripts

1. You would like to keep all your projects in a single folder(I don't see why not)
2. You have basic understanding of python virtual environment and it's maintenance using requirements.txt
3. Your python project has the following structure

   my_project_folder/
       folder_1/
       folder_2/
       file_1.py
       file_2.py
       .
       .
       requirements.txt
   
   

Step 1

Clone this repo (Duh!) or Download zip and extract it.

git clone https://github.com/arkRedM/bash-python-project-jumper.git

Step 2

Change to folder bash-python-project-jumper give execute permissions to setup_workon_makeEnv.sh

cd bash-python-project-jumper
chmod u+x setup_workon_makeEnv.sh

Step 3

Run the setup with your work folder as it's argument. work folder has to passed relative to user home.

user-home is where your Documents, Downloads, Videos etc. folders reside. You can directly go to it by pressing cd on terminal.

So, if you want your work folder to be called my_amazing_work_folder which is inside Documents folder then your relative path will be Documents/my_amazing_work_folder

Now run the following

./setup_workon_makeEnv.sh Documents/my_amazing_work_folder

Ideally this is your work folder where all your projects reside. So now go ahead and clone a project which has the above mentioned structure.

Step 4(Almost There!)

You can now run makeEnv over a project folder.

This will create a folder called vEnv which will contain a virtual env of your project with the same name

makeEnv example_project_1

You can make this with as many projects as you like as long as they have different names and follow the structure mentioned above

makeEnv example_project_2

Finally

You can jump from any project from terminal and activate it's virtual env now by typing

workon example_project_1

you can also jump to another project while working on one project with the same

workon example_project_2

Scope

There are many things that can be improved here.

1. Code Style
2. Error catching and better debugging
3. Down the line makeEnv and workon should be able to work from any folder regardless of where the project might be.

PR's are most welcome ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ