bert

Bert (Better Error Resolution in Terminals) is a program that will monitor your terminal output and send you helpful tips on how to solve errors.

This is still a work in progress. Currently Bert can identify basic errors and will send you a notification with a link to the StackOverflow search results. We have plans to extend this functionality to deliver helpful answers and identify a large range of tests.

Install

Currently the project is not available on npm yet, as its still in development and we'd like to wait until it can handle a greater spectrum of errors. See the development section below for how to install manually.

Running

Run in your terminal:

bert

This will then start your bert session and any errors that appear in your terminal will trigger bert to send you notifications which allow you to quickly find a solution.

OS Support

Currently only tested on MacOS. It should run fine on Linux. Unfortunately we are using script to watch terminal output and I don't believe this is included in Windows, we plan to add support in the future.

Development

Install:

npm i

Build the package (currently used for Flow):

npm run build

Link the package so that you don't have to re-install each time:

npm link

Test:

npm test

Run:

bert

TODO

• Add better search functionality so that Bert can give real recommendations
• Windows compatibility
• More error identifiers. Consider looking at VSCode problem matchers
  • To implement:
    • Java: ^(.+\\.java):(\\d):(?:\\s+(error)):(?:\\s+(.*))$, position 4
    • Make: ^([^:]+):(\d+):(\d+): error: (.+)$, position 4
    • C: ?[\\/0-9a-zA-Z\\._]+):(?\\d+):(?\\d+):\\s+(?.+), position 4
    • More here