Expanded Project Guides
Generated from:
SHELL_INTERNALS_DEEP_DIVE_PROJECTS.md
Project Index
| # | Project | Difficulty | Time | Key Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minimal Command Executor | Level 1: Beginner (The Tinkerer) | Weekend | Operating Systems / Process Management |
| 2 | Shell Lexer/Tokenizer | Level 2: Intermediate (The Developer) | 1 week | Compilers / Lexical Analysis |
| 3 | Shell Parser (AST Builder) | Level 3: Advanced (The Engineer) | 1-2 weeks | Compilers / Parsing |
| 4 | Built-in Commands Engine | Level 2: Intermediate (The Developer) | 1 week | Operating Systems / Shell Design |
| 5 | Pipeline System | Level 3: Advanced (The Engineer) | 1 week | Operating Systems / IPC |
| 6 | I/O Redirection Engine | Level 3: Advanced (The Engineer) | 1 week | Operating Systems / File Descriptors |
| 7 | Environment Variable Manager | Level 2: Intermediate (The Developer) | 1 week | Operating Systems / Process Environment |
| 8 | Signal Handler | Level 3: Advanced (The Engineer) | 1 week | Operating Systems / Signals |
| 9 | Job Control System | Level 4: Expert (The Systems Architect) | 2 weeks | Operating Systems / Process Groups |
| 10 | Globbing Engine | Level 2: Intermediate (The Developer) | 1 week | Pattern Matching / Filesystems |
| 11 | Line Editor (Mini-Readline) | Level 4: Expert (The Systems Architect) | 2 weeks | Terminal Programming / TUI |
| 12 | History System | Level 2: Intermediate (The Developer) | 1 week | Data Structures / Persistence |
| 13 | Tab Completion Engine | Level 3: Advanced (The Engineer) | 1-2 weeks | UI/UX / Filesystem |
| 14 | Script Interpreter | Level 4: Expert (The Systems Architect) | 2-3 weeks | Interpreters / Language Design |
| 15 | POSIX-Compliant Shell | Level 5: Master (The First-Principles Wizard) | 2-3 months | Operating Systems / Standards Compliance |
| 16 | Structured Data Shell (Nushell-Inspired) | Level 4: Expert (The Systems Architect) | 1-2 months | Language Design / Data Processing |