vukv / cv-generator-dsl

DSL for generating CVs (Curriculum Vitae)

Python TextX project for Domain Specific Languages course at Faculty of Technical Sciences.

This DSL enables automatic CV generation and export as a PDF. The main purpose of this DSL is to save time by providing a way to quickly create and edit CVs, instead of manually editing files.

Features:

• Specifying basic and contact info
  • name, surname, email, phone number
  • optional parameters such as CV picture, linkedin, etc.
• Specifying work experience
  • with company name, time period, and experience bullets to explain specified position
• Specifying education
  • with school name, title and time period
• Specifying skills, languages (optional) and interests (optional)
• Specifying output format
  • CV can be generated as PDF and HTML
• Specifying different CV styles
  • Standard, Elegant, Modern

Instructions:

After installing the project, you can list languages and generators using TextX commands:

textx list-languages
textx list-generators

This way, you confirm that CV language and generator are registered properly.

You can generate the CVs using the following TextX command:

textx generate [PATH TO .cv FILE] --target HTML/PDF

Alternatively, you can run main.py, but remember to change cv_file_path variable to your .cv file.

Examples:

CV specified with DSL:

Basic Info:
    Name: 'John'
    Surname: 'Doe'
    Title: 'Senior Software Engineer'
    Picture: examples/images/john_doe.png

Contact Info:
    Email: [email protected]
    Phone Number: [phone]
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe
    Other:
        GitHub: 'https://github.com/johndoe'

Experience:
    Title: 'Lead Developer'
    Company Name: 'Tech Innovations Inc.'
    Time Period:
        Start: Jan 2018
        End: Present
    Description:
        ExperienceBullet: 'Developed and maintained a suite of high-availability microservices.'
        ExperienceBullet: 'Led a team of 10 software engineers.'
        ExperienceBullet: 'Coordinated the successful migration of legacy systems to a modern cloud-based architecture.'

Experience:
    Title: 'Software Engineer'
    Company Name: 'DevSoft Solutions'
    Time Period:
        Start: Aug 2014
        End: Dec 2017
    Description:
        ExperienceBullet: 'Implemented new features for a range of client web applications.'
        ExperienceBullet: 'Improved system performance by optimizing existing code.'
        ExperienceBullet: 'Actively contributed to team meetings and provided valuable input during planning stages.'

//This is a comment before education
Education:
    School: 'University of Technology'
    Title: 'Bachelor of Science in Computer Science'
    Time Period:
        Start: Sep 2010
        End: Jun 2014

Skills:
    Skill: 'Python'
    //Java comment :)
    Skill: 'Java'
    Skill: 'Docker'
    Skill: 'Kubernetes'
    Skill: 'Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment'

Languages:
    Language:
      Name: 'Italian'
      Proficiency: Native
    Language:
      Name: 'English'
      Proficiency: Professional

Interests:
    Interest: 'Open-Source Software'
    Interest: 'Travel'
    Interest: 'Photography'

Output Format: PDF

Style: Modern

Generated CV for given example: cv.pdf

cv-generator-dsl's Issues

Complete README

Define the following:

• Language features
• Project instructions
• Language examples

Config

Add config files and configure and register project for textx.

PDF generator

Implement cv generating with pdf output

CV templates

Define structure and style for CV templates:

• standard
• elegant
• modern

VS Code extension

Create a language extension for VS Code that supports syntax highlighting

Parser organisation and refactoring

Organise parser methods, clean implementation.
Move metamodel setup to init files

Define language grammar

HTML generator

Implement cv generating with html output

Parser

Geta metamodel from defined .tx file and create a model from passed file path