SYNCX

SYNChronous EXecution is a tool for testing programs that take stdin inputs

It does this in parallel leading to Blazingly fast testing cycles!!! 🔥🔥

Features

• Build & Run all in one go
• SYNCX runs all the test cases over a program in parallel leading to shorter waiting time

Usage

SYNCX is a shell where there are command which can be executed to do the testing

make sure these files have been properly configured

Standard directory commands

cd <dir | no dir>
ls

calling cd <no dir> will print out the current working directory

Config

config 

each call of this command will try to read config.json in the local directory and update SYNCX configs for program testing

Run

run <file | no file>

the build / run commands are all abstracted behing a single run

A specific file can be specified if a placeholder <file> tag is present build_command or run_command

• if a <file> placeholder is not found, SYNCX assumes the file has been specified in the build command rather than in run

Before starting, some files need to be present and setup for syncx to run correctly

• config.json
• a input file

demo config.json

this file needs to be in the current working directory of SYNCX

{
    "build_command":"",
    "run_command":"go run <file>",
    "batch_separator":"!new",
    "input_file":"input.txt"
}

build_command

SYNCX can build the program for you before executing it

build_command allows you to provide a build command to compile the program into a executable.

This filed would be used for languages like c++ where there is no equivalent to go run or cargo run

• There is a default placeholder tag, <file>, which can be used to specify the file to be compiled during runtime

run_command

run_command specifies the shell command to execute to start the specified program

• There is a default placeholder tag, <file>, which can be used to specify the file to be ran during runtime

input_file

The stdin input which SYNCX will send to the program being ran will be sourced from a file

batch_separator

batch_separator specifies a substring the the input_file which will be interpreted as a separator for a new set of input data to be executed

demo input.txt

in the input.txt file each input case is separated by the batch_separator !new

1            
!new
2
!new
...

demo.go Takes in a single number and prints out the result squared

Then SYNCX would run demo.go on each of the input cases in sync

Results (The case numbers would be colored pink)

Case 0
1
Case 1
4
...

Build from source

cd /cmd
go build .