AppSettings

[infeeeee]

This branch is based on #83 , that should be pulled first. It also contains changes you can see there, not everything is new here.

New feature: App Settings are stored in the configuration file, and you can edit them in the new UI. Actually I only wanted to add this to IoTuring, but the old config UI was too hard to edit, so I started with that first

Currently there are 4 settings in IoTuring/MyApp/AppSettings.py

• Console log level: IOTURING_LOG_LEVEL still overwrites this, but it's saved in the config file
• File log level
• Main update interval in seconds: This is the sensor update frequency
• Secondary update interval in minutes: This is for the future, not used anywhere yet. Sensors are updating in every couple of seconds, and the other option is a static value. Some middle ground would be useful, which updates only in a couple of minutes. E.g. DesktopEnvironment and User can change sometimes, but now they are static sensors, AppInfo shouldn't ping Github every second, that could also become a slow sensor.

Problems: Logger starts before ConfigurationIO, so Logger cannot know what is the configured level. I also wanted to add Log Folder option, but same problem. I worked it around by settings a default log level used before Configurator starts, but I don't like this solution. The app init order should be rethinked.

I was also thinking, maybe the new AppSettings as a singleton would be better? Now Settings are stored in a class variable.

Related issues: #5 #58

Other changes:

• Update minimum Python version to 3.8, as 3.7 is EOL: https://devguide.python.org/versions/
• importlib.metadata is available as a std lib in 3.8, so importlib_metadata backport is not needed anymore
• Use Dockerhub links in readme and compose, instead of ghcr. It's shorter, and looks better
• Use argparse for argument parsing. Nicer output, automatic help and version info. Try IoTuring --help

[richibrics]

Very well.
I've always postponed #5 but it was time for that option to be added.
Also I'd agree with making AppSettings as a singleton.
How is this related to #58 ?

[infeeeee]

Main update interval in seconds: This is the sensor update frequency

You can change that interval, I called it "Main update interval in seconds"

Here in the code: https://github.com/richibrics/IoTuring/pull/84/files#diff-784cd4745c3ccfda1083a25f466edc21e4cabc7eaed3c8f7c6498a8540ae1efbR40

And than it's used by Warehouse.py here: https://github.com/richibrics/IoTuring/pull/84/files#diff-3e753f631e8c84279e975e1140329dbd4d0af8a2b6b7f7970f6862fa190a27e3R16

[richibrics]

Yes sorry I made a typo, I was asking how #58 (unique method to acquire is paths) was related to this PR

[infeeeee]

You can store that setting, I wanted to add that here as well, as I wrote:

also wanted to add Log Folder option, but same problem. I worked it around by settings a default log level used before Configurator starts, but I don't like this solution. The app init order should be rethinked.

So if the app init order is reworked, so somehow the configuration can be read before logging starts, than that option can be placed here as well.

Or if logging becomes a warehouse, than it's not related.

[infeeeee]

Continued in #90