Build Awesome Command-Line Applications in Ruby 2

Moving On

We’ve learned in this chapter how simple it is to make an easy-to-use interface for a command-line application using built-in or open source libraries. With tools like OptionParser and GLI, you can spend more time on your app and rest easy knowing your user interface will be top notch and highly usable, even as you add new and more complex features.

Now that we know how to easily design and parse a good command-line interface, we need to find a way to let the user know how it works. In the next chapter, we’ll talk about in-app help, specifically how OptionParser and GLI make it easy to create and format help text, as well as some slightly philosophical points about what makes good command-line help.

Footnotes

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