certificationy/certificationy-cli

A CLI tool to train certifications

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Certificationy CLI

This is the CLI tool to train on certifications., _(*2)

How it looks?

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Installation and update

Using Composer

$ composer create-project certificationy/certificationy-cli
$ php certificationy.php

With Docker and Docker compose

Install the project prerequisites

The project has prerequisites:, _(*4)

• Docker (1.12+)
• Docker-composer (1.10+)
• GNU make

To install Docker, refer to the official documentation for your operating system: https://docs.docker.com/install/., _(*5)

Once Docker installed, to check its smooth running, run docker -v, you should get something like suit:, _(*6)

$ docker -v
Docker version 1.12.4, build 1564f02

You must use the minimum version 1.12 of Docker., _(*7)

To install the docker-composer, please also refer to the official documentation: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/., _(*8)

Once docker-composes installed (install it globally to be able and access from anywhere), to check its proper functioning, run docker-compose -v, you should get something like suit:, _(*9)

$ docker-compose -v
Docker-composer version 1.10.0, build 4bd6f1a

You must use the docker-compose version 1.10 minimum., _(*10)

A makefile allows you to manipulate the container simply and easily. You have to be able to run make -v, which you are ready to choose:, _(*11)

$ make -v
GNU Make 4.1
Built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Copyright (C) 1988-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GPLv3 + license: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are allowed to modify and redistribute.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent of the will of the law.

Note: If you are using Windows, we strongly recommend that you use the Linux console included in Windows 10 (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10) or to use an emulator for Command to be able to use make which will greatly facilitate the work., _(*12)

Using the Container

You should then be able to run make which will show you using the Makefile:, _(*13)

$ make
start:           Start the project
bash:            Go to the bash container of the application
stop:            Stop docker containers

Start the application with make start:, _(*14)

$make start
docker-compose build
Building app
Step 1/19 : FROM php:7.1-fpm-alpine
7.1-fpm-alpine: Pulling from library/php
... # pulling image
Successfully built 22ab66e58936
Successfully tagged certificationycli_app:latest
docker-compose up -d
Recreating certificationycli_app_1
docker exec -i -t 6929cb80f7a7df579910341c74208e05d6d5548900488c35b41c281da9fe940e /bin/bash
bash-4.3# 

Once the procedure is complete you can already use the bash of the container., _(*15)

Run Certificationy CLI;, _(*16)

$ php certificationy.php

To exit bash docker, _(*17)

$ exit 

Stop the application with make stop:, _(*18)

$ make stop 
docker-compose kill
Killing certificationycli_app_1 ... done

Runing it through docker composer

Start the container

Start it in daemon mode., _(*19)

docker compose up -d

Run certificationy

Execute this instruction or whatever certificationy you want., _(*20)

docker exec -it certificationy-cli_app_1 /bin/bash -c "php certificationy.php start --training"

Stop the container

docker compose down

More run options

Select the number of questions

$ php certificationy.php start --number=10

The default value is 20., _(*21)

List categories

$ php certificationy.php start --list [-l]

Will list all the categories available., _(*22)

Only questions from certain categories

$ php certificationy.php start "Automated tests" "Bundles"

Will only get the questions from the categories "Automated tests" and "Bundles"., _(*23)

Use the category list from List categories., _(*24)

Hide the information that questions are/aren't multiple choice

$ php certificationy.php start --hide-multiple-choice

As default, the information will be displayed., _(*25)

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Training mode: the solution is displayed after each question

$ php certificationy.php start --training

Set custom configuration file

$ bin/certificationy start --config=../config.yml

Will set custom config file., _(*27)

And all combined

$ php certificationy.php start --number=5 --hide-multiple-choice "Automated tests" "Bundles"

• 5 questions
• We will hide the information that questions are/aren't multiple choice
• Only get questions from category "Automated tests" and "Bundles"

Note: if you pass --list [-l] then you will ONLY get the category list, regarding your other settings., _(*28)