Add 2 new tutorials: 1) netcat client & server, 2) tcp chat server

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "dribbble",
     "DSLs",
     "firamono",
+    "giti",
     "Gjengset",
     "gothambold",
     "helveticaneue",
@@ -16,12 +17,14 @@
     "nadiaidris",
     "nazmulidris",
     "Ndot",
+    "netcat",
     "qself",
+    "rtelnet",
     "stackoverflow",
     "strikethrough",
     "toolkits",
     "tuis",
     "vtable",
     "wght"
   ]
-}
+}

_includes/featured.html

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+<blockquote>
+<p>
+🌟 Please star the
+<a href="https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core/tree/main/cmdr">r3bl-open-core</a> repo.
+
+You can get lots of useful Rust command line apps from the <code>r3bl-cmdr</code> crate in this repo:
+<ul>
+  <li>🐱<code>giti</code>: run interactive git commands with confidence in your terminal</li>
+  <li>🦜<code>edi</code>: edit Markdown with style in your terminal</li>
+</ul>
+
+📦 You can install them using <code>cargo install r3bl-cmdr</code>
+</p>
+
+<p>If you would like to get involved in an open source project and like Rust crates, we
+welcome your contributions to the
+<a href="https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core/tree/main/cmdr">r3bl-open-core repo</a>.
+</p>
+</blockquote>

_includes/sidebar.html

@@ -1,33 +1,42 @@
 <div>
   <section class="sidebar">
     <h2 class="star-us-github-heading">
-      Please star and contribute to our Github <span class="heading-emoji">🙏</span>
+      Please star our Github and use our apps & libs<span class="heading-emoji">🙏</span>
     </h2>
     <ul class="sidebar-ul">
       <li class="app-container">
-        <a href="https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core/tree/main/tui" target="_blank">
+        <a href="https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core/tree/main/cmdr" target="_blank">
           <img class="star-icon-img" src="{{ '/assets/star-gradient.svg' | relative_url }}" />
           <div class="sidebar-list-item">
-            <p class="p-tag">R3BL TUI</p>
-            <h3 class="sidebar-h3"><code>r3bl_tui</code></h3>
+            <p class="p-tag">INSTALL & USE OUR APPS (giti, edi)</p>
+            <h3 class="sidebar-h3"><code>r3bl-cmdr</code></h3>
           </div>
         </a>
       </li>
       <li class="app-container">
-        <a href="https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core/tree/main/tuify" target="_blank">
+        <a href="https://github.com/r3bl-org/shortlink" target="_blank">
           <img class="star-icon-img" src="{{ '/assets/star-gradient.svg' | relative_url }}" />
           <div class="sidebar-list-item">
-            <p class="p-tag">R3BL Tuify</p>
-            <h3 class="sidebar-h3"><code>r3bl_tuify</code></h3>
+            <p class="p-tag">SHORTLINK browser extension</p>
+            <h3 class="sidebar-h3"><code>shortlink</code></h3>
           </div>
         </a>
       </li>
       <li class="app-container">
-        <a href="https://github.com/r3bl-org/shortlink" target="_blank">
+        <a href="https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core/tree/main/tui" target="_blank">
           <img class="star-icon-img" src="{{ '/assets/star-gradient.svg' | relative_url }}" />
           <div class="sidebar-list-item">
-            <p class="p-tag">SHORTLINK browser ext</p>
-            <h3 class="sidebar-h3"><code>shortlink</code></h3>
+            <p class="p-tag">R3BL TUI LIB</p>
+            <h3 class="sidebar-h3"><code>r3bl_tui</code></h3>
+          </div>
+        </a>
+      </li>
+      <li class="app-container">
+        <a href="https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core/tree/main/tuify" target="_blank">
+          <img class="star-icon-img" src="{{ '/assets/star-gradient.svg' | relative_url }}" />
+          <div class="sidebar-list-item">
+            <p class="p-tag">R3BL TUIFY LIB</p>
+            <h3 class="sidebar-h3"><code>r3bl_tuify</code></h3>
           </div>
         </a>
       </li>

_posts/2019-10-31-fish-scripting-manual.md

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ categories:
 
 <!-- END doctoc generated TOC please keep comment here to allow auto update -->
 
-Learn how to write fish shell scripts by example.
+{%- include featured.html -%}
 
 ## Shebang line at the top of your scripts
 
@@ -827,3 +827,5 @@ function timed -d Pass the program or function that you want to execute as an ar
   echo "⏲ Total runtime: $RUNTIME min ⏲"
 end
 ```
+
+{%- include featured.html -%}

_posts/2022-02-24-rust-non-binary-tree.md

@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ will be allow us to make the tree thread safe and parallel friendly (we will nam
 > [`r3bl_rs_utils`](https://crates.io/crates/r3bl_rs_utils) crate.
 
 > 📜 You can take a look the source code of this thread safe non-binary tree data structure named
-> `Arena` in its github [repo](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-rs-utils).
+> `Arena` in its github [repo](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core/tree/main/utils).
 
-> 🌟 Please star the [`r3bl-open-core` repo](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core) on github if
-> you like it 🙏.
+{%- include featured.html -%}
 
 ## Naive approach using weak and strong references
 
@@ -661,7 +660,6 @@ There are functions that make it easy to unwrap things in Rust that are wrapped
 > [`r3bl_rs_utils`](https://crates.io/crates/r3bl_rs_utils) crate.
 
 > 📜 You can take a look the source code of this thread safe non-binary tree data structure named
-> `Arena` in its github [repo](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-rs-utils).
+> `Arena` in its github [repo](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core/tree/main/utils).
 
-> 🌟 Please star the [`r3bl-open-core` repo](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core) on github if
-> you like it 🙏.
+{%- include featured.html -%}

_posts/2022-03-02-rust-grep-cli-app.md

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ arguments, stdin, stdout, and piping.
 > object oriented), please take a look at this [paper](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.07069.pdf)
 > by Will Crichton demonstrating Typed Design Patterns with Rust.
 
+{%- include featured.html -%}
+
 ## Building the main function
 
 The first thing we need to do is build the main function. This is where we will be routing
@@ -263,6 +265,4 @@ Here are a list of crates that are used in this app.
 
 We will explore more complex TUIs built w/ Rust in the future.
 
-> 🌟 Please star the [`r3bl-open-core` repo](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core) on
-> github if you like it 🙏. If you would like to contribute to it, please click
-> [here](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core/contribute).
+{%- include featured.html -%}

_posts/2022-03-12-rust-redux.md

@@ -50,12 +50,7 @@ tasks. But the reducer functions will be run in sequence (not in separate Tokio
 > 📜 The source code for the finished Redux library can be found
 > [here](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-rs-utils).
 
-> 📦 You can use this Redux library today by adding
-> [`r3bl_rs_utils`](https://crates.io/crates/r3bl_rs_utils/) crate as a dependency in your
-> `Cargo.toml`.
->
-> 🌟 Please star the [`r3bl-open-core` repo](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core) on github if
-> you like it 🙏.
+{%- include featured.html -%}
 
 This article is getting us ready to building more complex TUI apps next using crates like `termion`
 and `tui`.
@@ -638,9 +633,4 @@ Tokio tasks.
 > information on this library in it's
 > [`README`](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-rs-utils/blob/main/README.md#redux) file.
 
-> 📦 You can use this Redux library today by adding
-> [`r3bl_rs_utils`](https://crates.io/crates/r3bl_rs_utils/) crate as a dependency in your
-> `Cargo.toml`.
->
-> 🌟 Please star the [`r3bl-open-core` repo](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core) on github if
-> you like it 🙏.
+{%- include featured.html -%}

_posts/2022-03-12-rust-tokio.md

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ more complex TUI apps next using crates like `termion` and `tui`.
 > object oriented), please take a look at this [paper](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.07069.pdf)
 > by Will Crichton demonstrating Typed Design Patterns with Rust.
 
+{%- include featured.html -%}
+
 ## Concurrency and async/await, vs parallelism
 
 Concurrency is being able to break up your program or function into smaller tasks that can be
@@ -691,9 +693,4 @@ Tokio, along w/ the tutorials that are provided on the [Tokio website](https://t
 We will take this and build upon it further to create a full Redux library in Rust using Tokio
 [here](https://developerlife.com/2022/03/12/rust-redux/).
 
-> 📦 For a real implementation of this middleware and Redux library, check out the
-> [`r3bl_rs_utils`](https://crates.io/crates/r3bl_rs_utils/) crate. The README has excellent
-> documentation on async traits, parallel and concurrent execution, and Tokio.
->
-> 🌟 Please star the [`r3bl-open-core` repo](https://github.com/r3bl-org/r3bl-open-core) on github if
-> you like it 🙏.
+{%- include featured.html -%}