Flash Card App

Written entirely in Python 3.6.x, this customizable GRE flashcard app uses the Kivy library for GUI, and Oxford's REST API to fetch definitions, example sentences, synonyms, and antonyms. Includes features to add new words and create and customize your own stacks.

Installation

• Please ensure you are using python 3.6.x

Clone

• Clone this repo to your local machine using https://github.com/SagarKishore-PFM/flash-card-app-py.git

Installing Requirements

• Create and activate a virtual environment. (Here is how you do it in Anaconda, Virtualenv, Pipenv.)

• Now install all the packages from the requirements.txt file

(your-venv)$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

• Once your virtual environment is activated and all the required packages are installed, run the file main.py in your terminal.

(your-venv)$ python3 ./main.py

• You should see a few preinstalled databases and an option to create your own. A Database here refers to an instance of the class FCDataBase which has a unique name, and a list of Stacks and Words.

• FCDataBase name, as mentioned before, must be unique, and cannot start with numbers or spaces and should not contain special characters (Only spaces and hyphens allowed, case-sensitive).

• For your new FCDataBase, you can clone a Word database (recommended) from existing databases or start clean.

  Stack databases will not be copied over. Only the selected Word database gets cloned.

• Each Database contains links to the Stacks List screen and Words List screen.

  • Stack List screen allows you to create/practice/edit/delete a Stack. Similarly, the Word List screen allows you to add/view/delete a Word.

• Stack names, like FCDataBase names, must be unique, and cannot start with numbers or spaces and should not contain special characters (Only spaces and hyphens allowed, case-sensitive).

• To practice, click on the chosen Stack and click on the Practice Selected Stack button. Here you can reset the Stack's progress if needed.

• Example practice session...

Other notable features

• Saves progress on exit.
• Caches audio clips, downloaded from the net, for each session. Deletes the cached audio files upon closing the app.
• A search bar to search for Words in the Word List screen.
• Add Word functionality checks for existing and invalid words.

• Crude UI 😁

Contribute

• Report bugs and issues here on github.
• There are a few features such as -- adding a timer, tracking and reporting on progress over time, that could be added.
• Pull Requests are always welcome.

License and Author Info

• Flash Card App is available under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.

References and Acknowledgments

• Magoosh GRE Vocabulary Flashcards (on which my app is based).
• Barron's 333 list.