gdsc-pdeu / Apna-Code-Editor

This is a Python3 project in which I have developed a minimalistic GUI-based code editor which is capable of Save, Save As, Open, Exit and Run python files

APNA-CODE-EDITOR

Author

Kunal Kumar Sahoo

Table of Contents

Introduction

The project Apna-Code-Editor aims to build a fully-functional code editor developed natively for Python programming
using Python3 programming language. A code editor should have the following functionalities:

• Code writing capabilities
• Open previously configured code
• Syntax highlighting
• Autocompletion and hints
• Save newly developed code
• Execute saved codes and show corresponding output.

Project Apna-Code-Editor is a native python3-built software that tries to achieve the above mentioned functionalities of
an ideal text-editor.

Features

As of now, the project has following functionalities:

• Open saved files
• Save new files
• Save changes to already changed files
• Run python programs
• Cut, Copy, Paste functionalities
• Toggle between Light and Dark theme

Get Started

Step 1: Open a terminal/git bash
Step 2: Run the following command

[user@desktop local/path] $ git clone https://github.com/Kunal-Kumar-Sahoo/Apna-Code-Editor.git

Step 3: If you are using any Linux-based distro or macOS, you would need to install Tkinter

• Debian-based distros:

  [user@desktop local/path] $ sudo apt update
  [user@desktop local/path] $ sudo apt install python3-tk

• Arch-based distros:

  [user@desktop local/path] $ sudo pacman -Sy
  [user@desktop local/path] $ sudo pacman -S tk 

• RHEL-based distros:

  [user@desktop local/path] $ sudo dnf update
  [user@desktop local/path] $ sudo dnf install python3-tkinter 

• macOS:

  user@desktop local/path % pip3 install tk

Step 4: Now run the program

user@desktop local/path $ python3 src/main.py

Contribution Guidelines

Are we missing any of your favorite features, which you think you can add to it❓ We invite you to contribute to this project and make it better. To start contributing, follow the below guidelines:

1. Fork this repository.

2. Clone your forked copy of the project.

git clone https://github.com/<your_user_name>/Apna-Code-Editor.git

3. Navigate to the project directory 📁 .

cd Apna-Code-Editor

4. Add a reference(remote) to the original repository.

git remote add upstream https://github.com/gdsc-pdeu/Apna-Code-Editor.git

5. Check the remotes for this repository.

git remote -v

6. Always take a pull from the upstream repository to your master branch to keep it at par with the main project(updated repository).

git pull upstream main

7. Create a new branch.

git checkout -b <your_branch_name>

8. Perfom your desired changes to the code base.

9. Track your changes:heavy_check_mark: .

git add .

10. Commit your changes .

git commit -m "enter Necessary message"

11. Push the committed changes in your feature branch to your remote repo.

git push -u origin <your_branch_name>

12. To create a pull request, click on compare and pull requests.

13. Add appropriate title and description to your pull request explaining your changes and efforts done.

14. Click on Create a Pull Request.

15 Voila!! You have made a PR to the Apna-Code-Editor . Wait for your submission to be accepted and your PR to be merged.