Create Classes

[EmiliosRichards]

Absolutely, let's revisit the concept of building a project file management system. This system will be designed to store, retrieve, and manage documents or records in the form of text files, acting as a simple database. Here’s a structured way to approach it, emphasizing the object-oriented programming (OOP) aspects and other key features like exception handling and a simple user interface (UI).

1. Defining the Scope and Objectives Start by outlining what your file management system needs to accomplish. Consider functionalities like:

Creating, reading, updating, and deleting files (CRUD operations). Organizing files into directories based on categories or tags. Searching for files based on name, content, or metadata. Implementing user access controls, if needed.

2. Designing Your System Using OOP Your system can be divided into several classes, each responsible for a specific part of the functionality.

Document Class: Represents a single document or file. This class can include attributes like name, path, content, and metadata (creation date, author, etc.).

FileManager Class: Handles the CRUD operations. It should interact with the file system to perform tasks like saving a new document, retrieving a document's content, updating, or deleting files.

UserInterface Class: Provides a simple UI for users to interact with your system. This could be a command-line interface (CLI) initially, where users can input commands to perform operations.

3. Implementing Exception Handling Robust exception handling is crucial. Your system should gracefully handle errors such as:

Attempting to access a file that doesn’t exist. Trying to save a file in a location without the proper permissions. Encountering unexpected input or file formats. Each operation in your FileManager class should include try/catch blocks to manage these exceptions, ensuring the system remains user-friendly and robust.

4. Building a Simple UI Start with a CLI that allows users to perform key operations. Your UI can accept commands for:

Creating a new document. Opening and reading a document. Editing or updating a document. Deleting a document. Searching for documents. Ensure clear instructions or commands are provided to the user for a smooth experience.

5. Data Handling and Manipulation For working with text files and possibly simulating a database, you’ll need to decide on a format for storing and retrieving data within these files. Options include:

Plain text for simple data. JSON for structured data, which allows for more complex data types and is easily readable both by humans and machines. CSV for data that fits well into a tabular format, such as records with the same set of fields.

6. Project Structure and Version Control Organize your project files in a logical structure, separating your classes into different modules or files if necessary. Use Git for version control from the beginning, committing changes regularly with descriptive commit messages.

7. Testing and Documentation Testing each component of your system thoroughly is important. You can start with manual testing of your functions and progress to automated tests if your project scope expands.

Document your code with comments and create a README file explaining how to set up and use your file management system. This should include any prerequisites, how to run the system, and basic commands or operations users can perform.

Moving Forward As you develop your file management system, keep iterating on your design based on testing and feedback. Over time, you could expand the project to include more advanced features like GUI support, integration with cloud storage services, or enhanced search capabilities.

If you have specific questions about any part of this process or need further clarifications on technologies and strategies, feel free to ask!

[EmiliosRichards]

Created a basic class structure

[EmiliosRichards]

• Created a Flag system and updated most of all methods to utlise this.

• Pathlib should be implemented throughout to replace os and create cleaner code.

• Class should be made for CLI user experience, main logic to run said UI.

• Work of error handling.

• Plug into gpt for Improvements and feedback.