inspyre-toolbox 1.6.0.dev6

Inspyre Toolbox is a collection of tools designed to simplify programming tasks, reducing repetitive code. Initially for internal use at Inspyre Softworks, it benefits other developers too with features like a live timer, humanize class for numerical operations, extended argparse, process management, and miscellaneous Python helpers.

Inspyre Toolbox

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A collection of kinda useful tools

...But Why?

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This toolkit was developed by me in an effort to cut down on having to write the same things over and over again for the various applications I've made. I don't expect that many will find it super useful, but hey, who knows.

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Getting Started

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The Goodies

(...a word which here means 'the modules and packages'....)

• .live_timer:
  

  • Timer:
    A class that keeps real time accurate to the second for you, allowing you to query 'get_elapsed' and get how much time has elapsed since the timer started. Functions include:

    • start:
      Start the timer.
    • pause:
      Pause the timer.
    • unpause:
      Unpause a paused timer.

• .humanize:
  

  • Numerical:
    A class that allows you to deal with numbers in your Python programs a little easier. Functions include:

    • commify:
      Return your principle number to you in a commified string form.
    • count_noun:
      Return your number and the proper plural form of the thing your number is representing a count of if it's needed. If it's a singular item, (or, the number is 1)

• .spanners:
  

  • .spanner_arg_parse:
    Extend argparse's ArgumentParser by allowing your sub-commands to have aliases!

• .proc_man:
  

  A module that contains a way to easily find or kill processes by their name. Functions include:

  • kill_all_by_name:
    

    Kills all processes with names with a substring that include the string provided as an argument.

  • list_all_by_name:
    

    Lists all running processes with names with a substring that include the string provided as an argument.

• .syntactic_sweets:
  

  Contains miscellaneous helpers to help make your Python programming a little easier. Right now there's one function:

  • suppress_stdout: A file object that while in-use supporesses standard output from the console.

Live Timer

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