[oefrha]

click an alternative argparse API and then some (progress bar, for instance). While I prefer argparse to click, saying it’s worthless because argparse exists is like saying requests is worthless because urllib.request exists.

Btw, mitsuhiko created Flask, simonw created Django. Total rookies, I know.

[crabbone]

You are not comparing comparable things. Requests has, albeit marginal utility by making the interface of urllib more accessible. They work together.

Click is not an interface or an improvement on argsparse. It duplicates its core functionality. When compared to argsparse it offers no tangible benefits and lots of downsides. While "improvements" like the mentioned progress bar are worth very little. They are both poorly implemented, so, if you wanted a real thing you'd have to do it differently, and unwanted for the most part. It's a very small niche where you want something half-baked, and you already agreed to install third-party dependencies, but you won't go all the way to use, eg. Prompt Toolkit.

There's nothing commendable about Flask or Django. Both projects are hilariously bad. They are popular because of what they do, not because of how they do it. Web in general is one of those places nobody should go look for quality, but a crossbreed of Python and Web brings the worst of both worlds.

[simonw]

You're being quite rude here.

[reportgunner]

*because httpx exists