The CLI Book

The only book on the market explaining what makes a good command line client and how to develop one Includes real-life examples prioritizing UX decision, ensuring the reader is in a good position to understand the user Many developers struggle to write extensible command line clients and their architecture is grown this book helps you to structure your clients in a way that it is easy to extend and test

Autorentext
Robert Kowalski has started using Node.js when version 0.4 was still new and has spent time working on the npm core team, which is where he learned a lot about good command line interfaces. As a developer he has also had to user other command line tools and it was this that made him realize how much a book like this was needed. In the past he has worked for big companies such as IBM and startups including Jimdo and Bitfinex, all in different roles, as well as committing to Node.js and Apache CouchDB. He speaks at conferences and has enjoyed writing since he was a child. You can find Robert on Twitter @robinson_k.

Inhalt

1. What Makes a Good CLI?.- 2. Writing a Database Administration Tool with Node.js .- 3. Making Our CLI more Accessible.- 4. Migrating Large Amounts of Data using Streams.- Appendix A. Tips and Tricks.