Self-contained, skip-friendly lab starting points (#103)
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## Hands-on lab
> **Starting point (this lab is skip-friendly).** You do not need to have done the earlier labs.
> To begin from a clean, known state, copy this module's snapshot into a fresh `tasks-app` and
> make the first commit:
>
> ```bash
> mkdir -p ~/ai-workflow-course/tasks-app
> cp -r ~/ai-workflow-course/modules/14-continuous-integration/lab/start/. ~/ai-workflow-course/tasks-app/
> cd ~/ai-workflow-course/tasks-app && git init -b main && git add -A && git commit -m "start: module 14"
> ```
>
> Already carrying your `tasks-app` from earlier modules? Keep using it and ignore this box.
**Lab language:** YAML (the CI config) plus the Python `tasks-app` and shell commands. You direct
the agent to place files, commit, and recover; you commit a starter workflow, watch it pass, then
break it on purpose and watch CI catch it.
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# Demo app: `tasks`
A deliberately tiny command-line task tracker. It exists to be *changed by an AI*, so it's small
enough to read in a minute but real enough to have more than one file, which is exactly where the
copy-paste workflow starts to hurt.
This is the running example for **Module 1** (where you feel the copy-paste problem) and **Module 2**
(where you put it under version control).
## Files
- `tasks.py`: the core logic (`Task`, `TaskList`).
- `cli.py`: the command-line front end. Reads/writes `tasks.json`.
## Run it
```bash
python cli.py add "read module 1"
python cli.py add "set up my editor"
python cli.py list
python cli.py done 0
python cli.py list
```
Requires Python 3.10+ (it uses `list[Task]` style type hints). No third-party packages.
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"""Tiny command-line front end for the demo task app.
Run it:
python cli.py add "write the lesson"
python cli.py list
State is kept in tasks.json next to this file. It's intentionally minimal; the point of this app
is to be a realistic-but-small thing you change with an AI, not a product.
"""
import json
import sys
from pathlib import Path
from tasks import Task, TaskList
STATE = Path(__file__).parent / "tasks.json"
def load() -> TaskList:
if not STATE.exists():
return TaskList()
raw = json.loads(STATE.read_text())
return TaskList(tasks=[Task(**t) for t in raw])
def save(tlist: TaskList) -> None:
STATE.write_text(json.dumps([t.__dict__ for t in tlist.tasks], indent=2))
def main(argv: list[str]) -> int:
tlist = load()
if not argv:
print("usage: python cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | count | delete <index>]")
return 1
command = argv[0]
if command == "add":
title = " ".join(argv[1:])
tlist.add(title)
save(tlist)
print(f"added: {title}")
elif command == "list":
print(tlist.render())
elif command == "done":
tlist.complete(int(argv[1]))
save(tlist)
print("updated")
elif command == "count":
print(f"{len(tlist.pending())} pending")
elif command == "delete":
tlist.remove(int(argv[1]))
save(tlist)
print("deleted")
else:
print(f"unknown command: {command}")
return 1
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
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"""Core task logic for the demo app.
Deliberately small and deliberately split across two files (this and cli.py) so that the
copy-paste workflow has more than one place to go wrong. This is the running example used in
Modules 1 and 2.
"""
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@dataclass
class Task:
title: str
done: bool = False
@dataclass
class TaskList:
tasks: list[Task] = field(default_factory=list)
def add(self, title: str) -> Task:
task = Task(title=title)
self.tasks.append(task)
return task
def complete(self, index: int) -> None:
self.tasks[index].done = True
def remove(self, index: int) -> None:
del self.tasks[index]
def pending(self) -> list[Task]:
return [t for t in self.tasks if not t.done]
def render(self) -> str:
if not self.tasks:
return "(no tasks yet)"
lines = []
for i, task in enumerate(self.tasks):
box = "[x]" if task.done else "[ ]"
lines.append(f"{i}. {box} {task.title}")
return "\n".join(lines)