What is a Command Line Interface?
When a program has a command line interface, or CLI, you interact with it by inputing commands. This kind of program can seam intimidating at first, like it’s only meant for hacker robot people. I promise using a CLI is not any harder than reading this webpage.
Noodle was made with this kind of interface to accelerate development of core functionality. And since the CLI is an absolutely bare-bones method of interaction, the developers are forced to optimize noodle at a functional level rather than messing with buttons and layouts. Maybe one day there’ll be a prettier app based on the core library.
So noodle itself is not hard. There are advanced manipulations that might twist your brain a little. But we’re not starting with those. Using basic commands is quick.
There is admittedly a bit of a learning curve with respect to getting up and running though. CLI programs are typically started through a shell or terminal. If you don’t know what that is there’s some learning and jargon to pick up. You don’t need to know much. Only how to navigate to a directory.
In the enviornment called “bash” you can do this with the cd command which very reasonably stands for “change directory”.
I suggest a quick web-search on how to use that.
Then come back to learn more about noodle, follow the installation guide, or get started with your first knowledge base.
Good Luck! 🤠