amen-cli 0.2.0

composer-inspired Python web framework scaffolding tool

🚀 AMEN CLI

A laravel installer inspired Python Web Application Scaffolding Tool that helps you create web applications with ease!

✨ Features

• 🎯 Interactive project setup wizard
• 🔧 Multiple framework support:
  • Flask - Lightweight WSGI framework
  • FastAPI - Modern, fast API framework
  • Bottle - Simple micro web framework 🚧
  • Pyramid - Flexible web framework 🚧
• 🎨 Project templates for both web apps and APIs
• 🔄 Automatic virtual environment setup
• 📦 Dependency management
• 🏗️ Structured project scaffolding

🛠️ Installation

pip install amen-cli

📖 Usage

# Create a new project
amen create

# You can also use flags to specify the framework, type, and name:
amen create -f flask -t webapp -n myapp

# Available options:
# -f, --framework   Framework to use (flask, fastapi, bottle, pyramid)
# -t, --type        Type of application (webapp, api)
# -n, --name        Name of the application

# If flags are not provided, the interactive prompts will be used.

# Follow the interactive prompts to:
# 1. Select a framework
# 2. Choose application type (webapp/api)
# 3. Name your project

🌟 Project Structure

When you create a project, AMEN generates:

your-app/
├── venv/                   # Virtual environment
├── app/                    # Main application code
│   ├── templates/         # HTML templates (webapp)
│   └── static/           # Static files
│       ├── css/         # Stylesheets
│       └── js/          # JavaScript files
├── tests/                 # Test directory
├── requirements.txt       # Python dependencies
├── .env                  # Environment variables
└── README.md             # Project documentation

🎯 Supported Frameworks

Framework	Description	Default Port	Status
Flask	Lightweight WSGI web framework	5000	✅
FastAPI	Modern, fast web framework	8000	✅
Django	High-level Python web framework	8000	❌
Bottle	Fast, simple micro framework	8080	🚧
Pyramid	Flexible web framework	6543	🚧

Work in Progress

Currently implementing support for additional web frameworks:

• Bottle: Integration in development
• Pyramid: Initial implementation phase

These frameworks will enable:

• Route mapping and handling
• Request/response processing
• Middleware integration
• Template rendering support

Check back for updates or follow the project's issues for implementation progress. Contributions are welcome!

Note: For now, please use our stable implementations for Flask or FastAPI.

🚗 Quick Start

# Install AMEN CLI
pip install amen-cli

# Create a new project
amen create

# Follow the interactive prompts

# Navigate to your project
cd your-project-name

# Activate virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate  # Linux/Mac
venv\Scripts\activate     # Windows

# Run your application
python run.py

🔧 Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/taqsblaze/amen-cli.git

# Install for development and testing
pip install -e .
pip install pytest pytest-cov

# Run tests
pytest

# Run tests with coverage
pytest

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here's how:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
3. Make your changes
4. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/amazing-feature
5. Open a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

👥 Contact & Support

• 🌐 GitHub Repository
• 🐛 Issue Tracker
• 📧 Send Email

⭐ Credits

Created by Tanaka Chinengundu
Inspired by Laravel's elegant development experience

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Made with ❤️ by Tanaka Chinengundu