jtl-syllabus 1.20260312.3

Course management system

JTL Syllabus

The syl CLI compiles structured YAML syllabus files from a directory tree of lesson files (Python, Jupyter notebooks, Markdown), in support of The LEAGUE of Amazing Programmers coding curriculum.

Installation

pip install jtl-syllabus

This installs the syl command.

Usage

All commands operate on a lesson directory (defaults to ./lessons). Use -l to specify a different path.

Compile a syllabus

syl compile
syl compile -l path/to/lessons
syl compile -f output.yaml          # custom output path
syl compile -ngm -i100              # regroup, renumber (increment 100), metafy, then compile

Check directory structure

syl check

Validates that the lesson directory follows the expected structure: ranked module directories at the top level, no loose files.

Renumber lessons

syl renumber                        # renumber with increment 1
syl renumber -i 100                 # renumber with increment 100
syl renumber -d                     # dry run (show changes without renaming)

Regroup lessons

syl regroup                         # group files with same basename into directories
syl regroup -d                      # dry run

Groups files that share the same rank and base name (e.g., 20_Loops.py and 20_Loops.md) into a single lesson directory.

Add metadata

syl meta                            # add UIDs and names to all lesson files
syl meta -d                         # dry run

Ensures every module, lesson set, and lesson has a uid and name in its metadata (README frontmatter, Python comments, or notebook metadata).

Global options

-v, -vv          Increase verbosity (info / debug)
-e               Raise exceptions on errors
-d PATH          Set working directory
-l PATH          Set lesson directory (default: ./lessons)

Lesson directory structure

lessons/
  README.md                    # Course-level metadata
  10_Module_Name/              # Module (ranked directory)
    README.md                  # Module metadata
    10_Lesson.py               # Lesson file
    20_Lesson.ipynb             # Lesson file
    30_Grouped_Lesson/          # Lesson directory (multiple files)
      Grouped_Lesson.py
      README.md
    01_Lesson_Set/              # Lesson set (nested group)
      10_Sub_Lesson.py
      20_Sub_Lesson.ipynb
  20_Another_Module/
    ...

See docs/course_structure.md for the full hierarchy and docs/metadata.md for metadata formats.