This is (perhaps?) your first ever Python project, and almost certainly your first one on Boot.dev. Congratulations!
We're building Book Bot - a Python program that analyzes novels and prints a statistical report of the word and character usage found within. Our learning goals are to:
Here's a quick demo (you might want to fullscreen):
Click to play video
Our automated tests run in Linux/macOS environments. If you're on Windows you must have WSL2 installed.
Throughout this course, you'll be using the Boot.dev CLI to run our tests (which are just CLI commands) against your local environment. Install it now if you don't already have it. All the instructions and troubleshooting info are on the GitHub page.
Make sure the Boot.dev CLI install worked:
bootdev --version
If you're stuck, reach out in the help forums of the Discord.
Once the bootdev command is working, log in and follow the instructions:
bootdev login
Lessons have a series of "commands" that run on your local machine, and a series of tests it will check against the results of the command. There are two ways to run these commands: run and submit:
bootdev run <id>: This will run the commands and show you the results. It's to be used for debugging, but it won't tell you whether or not you've passed the tests explicitly.bootdev run <id> -s: This will run the commands and give you pass/fail feedback. It will also mark the lesson as complete on the website. If you get it wrong however, you'll potentially lose your sharpshooter spree, so be sure to use run first!You can copy the run/submit commands with the id ready-to-go from the test panel.
Once you have the CLI installed and you're logged in, copy and paste the run command from the right into your terminal and execute it. If it's doing what you'd expect (printing Ready for bookbot), then run the submit command.