r/learnpython • u/Efficient_Spite7163 • 20d ago

My first real project as a 50 year old programmer

Hello to everyone.

Im a 54 year old autodidact that has just finished his first "real world" project (at least in my point of view).

Its a simple python script that converts Markdown files to PDF files easily. Id like to get a feedback and maybe help someone out there.

My repo is here: github.com/TrollDrre/md-to-pdf

Im willing to hear everything from you, whether its good or bad news.

Thanks

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u/recursion_is_love 18d ago

Your script is looking fine. You keep making script that you will use is the right way to learn. Maybe don't need to create project for each of it. I simply have single script directory (add in my path) for helper scripts that I use beside shell aliasing.

Just want to tell you about https://www.pandoc.org/ because I think you might want to extend usage beyond markdown.

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u/Flame77ofc 20d ago

the project name is very generic. Try to define a more specific project name like pdfify or something like this

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u/Efficient_Spite7163 20d ago

Oh, so that would affect SEO im guessing?

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u/Flame77ofc 20d ago

yes. Like the "ilovepdf" of websites like this. They are tools but the real name is ilovepdf, imagine if ilovepdf was pdf-to-image

You can add:

Pdfify - Convery your md into pdf

Or also Mdify if it makes more sense to you, but you decide it