Quick Start

Install

Prerequisites:

• Python 3.6 or later

You can check your Python version by running:

python --version

Note: You may have python command linked to Python 2.x and python3 to 3.x. If that is the case use python3 command when you create the virtual environment (venv) in the installtion commands below.

Install:

python -m venv ./venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install handoff

A Super Quick Example

Run this command to create a few example project under the current directory:

handoff quick_start make

You will find project.yml file in projects/01_word_count directory.

The project file defines the commands to be executed as a pipeline:

> cat projects/project.yml

commands:
  - command: cat
    args: "./files/the_great_dictator_speech.txt"
  - command: wc
    args: "-w"

This project file defines a shell-script equivalent of cat ./files/the_great_dictator_speech.txt | wc -w.

Try runing:

handoff -p projects/01_word_count -w workspace run local

You get console outputs like this:

INFO - 2020-07-16 22:04:34,004 - handoff: Running run_local in workspace directory
INFO - 2020-07-16 22:04:34,004 - handoff: Job started at 2020-07-16 22:04:34.004465
INFO - 2020-07-16 22:04:34,010 - handoff: Job ended at 2020-07-16 22:04:34.010021
INFO - 2020-07-16 22:04:34,010 - handoff: Processed in 0:00:00.005556

It will create workspace/artifacts/state whose content looks like:

644

…which is the equivalent of running:

cat  ./files/the_great_dictator_speech.txt | wc -w

It counted the word in the file.

A Guided Tour

The project files you just created with handoff quick_start make has an interactive command-line tutorial. Each section is very short (5~10 minutes to complete.) To start the interactive tutorial, enter:

cd projects
./start

Otherwise, you can browse the same content from the next page:

Next: Essential Commands at a Glance