protowhat

protowhat is a utility package required by

• sqlwhat to write SCTs for SQL exercises, and

• protowhat to write SCTs for Shell exercises.

protowhat contains functionality that is shared between these packages, including:

• SCT function chaining and syntactical sugar,

• State management,

• AST element selection, dispatching and message generation,

• Basic SCT functions such as success_msg() and has_chosen().

All relevent documentation to write SCTs for SQL and Shell exercises, including functions that reside in protowhat, can be found in the sqlwhat and protowhat documentation.

Reference

• Ex()
• AST checks
• Logic
• Simple checks
• File checks
• Bash history checks