Codex

Chrome extension that links Atom text editor with Codechef, Hackerearth, Interviewbit, GeeksForGeeks.

About

This extension automatically loads the question from above mentioned websites in Atom Text Editor.

Adavnatges

• Saves code locally with problem statement so that next time you can easily see what the problem statement of this code.
• Don't need to switch between browser and editor looking for problem statement again and again.
• Problem statement and solution at one place with once click.

This is what this extension actually do.

Requirements

• Node js
• These node packages : express , child_process , body-parser
  Install each one of them by running - npm install PACKAGE_NAME

Usage

• Download whole directory of extension with codex-server.js file.
• Add following command at end of the file /home/{user}/.profile (so that you don't have to start the server manually, it automatically launches the server every time user logs in)

  nohup node /path/to/codex-server.js >> /path/to/file/in/which/to/log.log 2>&1 &
  

• Go to "chrome://extensions" in chrome browser. Enable developer mode.
• Click load unpacked extension and select the directory "extension" that you downloaded above.

Note :

If you ever want to shut down the server manually. Follow as :

• Type command in terminal
  

  ss -lntp "sport = :12165"

• Note the PID from above command and kill process using
  

  kill PID_OF_PROC

Also :

• Change the variable(CODE_PATH) in codex-server.js to folder where you want to save code
• Create four folders with the names geeksforgeeks , hackerearth, codechef, interviewbit inside the folder you made above.(with exactly these names.)

Star the repo if it helped you.

For help / suggestions - dineshmakkar079@gmail.com

Author

Dinesh Makkar
Final year Undergrad
IIT Guwahati.