mnrmja007 / pythonbuddy

Live Online Python Syntax Checking. The goal of this project is to enable online MOOCs to be able to embed live syntax checking and execution of python.

PythonBuddy 🖊️ 🐍

Online Python 2.7 Programming with Live Pylint Syntax Checking!

###Usage

1. Fetch from repo:

git clone https://github.com/ethanchewy/PythonBuddy.git

2. Create virtualenv based on your own system:

mkvirtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python2.7 venv

3. Activate vitrual environment:

source venv/bin/activate

4. Pipe requirements to venv folder:

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Set FLASK_APP variable:

export FLASK_APP=app.py

6. Run flask app:

flask run

###Customize

1. Fork github repo

2) Edit app.py to change any linting features

###Current Features:

• Live Syntax Checking
  • Uses Pylint as checker (only prints out errors and warnings)
  • Live Error Table with Additional Help Suggestions
• Syntax Highlighting
• Python 2.7 Complilation
• Search Within Code

###Future Goals:

• Make easily embeddable for MOOCs like edX and other education platform
• Lower CPU usage

###FAQ: Why did you make this?
I wanted to create an open source live python syntax checker to help beginning python programmers jump into python programming courses on MOOCs like edX without setting up a complicated python IDE.

Has anyone created anything like this before?
There has never been a live syntax checker for python online. Similar projects that are not "live" are http://pep8online.com/ and http://antares.sip.ucm.es/cesar/pylint/

Has can I contribute?
You can fork my repo, push a pull request, and/or open issues!

Where's the code for embedding it in MOOCs?
I'm currently working on this over here (for edx specifically): https://github.com/ethanchewy/pybuddy2.0