https://github.com/parxd/pomoblocker

Productivity app built with Python CustomTkinter
https://github.com/parxd/pomoblocker

Last synced: 2 days ago
JSON representation

Productivity app built with Python CustomTkinter

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/parxd/pomoblocker
• Owner: Parxd
• Created: 2022-06-15T01:07:03.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-12T20:44:36.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-10T01:36:50.250Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 4 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

Awesome Lists containing this project

README

        
# 🍅 **PomoBlocker** 🍅

## Project Description

It can be difficult to focus on tasks, especially with websites like YouTube and Twitter a click away. This was the core motivation behind developing Pomoblocker.

PomoBlocker is a Python GUI application built with Tkinter & [CustomTkinter](https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter). This application essentially combines the [Pomodoro productivity technique](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique) with a website blocker. The website blocker works by adding inputted websites to the Windows hosts file.

### Features

Users can...

- set custom Pomodoro times for the three cycles (work period, short break period, long break period)

- block websites during any of these three cycles

- set preferred notification settings that notify them of a cycle ending

### Features to implement in the future

- [ ] Ability for users to login to save their custom settings using SQLite

- [ ] Linux/Mac compatability

- [ ] Block applications by editing the Windows registry

### Personal challenges

As this was my first personal project, I faced many challenges developing this application. The main challenges included structuring the application (ensuring users "progress" smoothly through the app), user interface, and properly using OOP to organize GUI code/logic. This being said, developing an app from the ground up has helped a lot with my skills in these areas. Some solutions I used to overcome these blocks included hand drawing multiple possible user interfaces, studying existing OOP code behind GUIs, and writing test cases for the app.

### Sample screenshots

- Settings - Add websites to block



- Settings - Set custom times for each cycle