Hotwire - Command Line vs. GUI: the Best of Both Worlds

Conventionally, the command line interface (CLI) and the graphical user interface (GUI) are considered mutually exclusive concepts. The only connection between the two is that you can start up a GUI program with the CLI, or that you can start up a CLI through a GUI program.

Hotwire is a Python program designed to merge the two concepts and give you the best of both worlds. The key advantage of the CLI is that you can get things done faster, if you remember the commands that you need. The advantages of a GUI are that you can easily find the functions that are typically needed, and that information is presented in a more easily comprehensible way. With Hotwire you can use a CLI to enter commands, augmented with command completion functionality, but the results are presented in an interactive, clickable GUI. Read more...