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Study Break Planner in Python
Build a command-line Study Break Planner in Python that turns user input into a randomized break suggestion. Along the way, you will practice imports, lists, conditionals, helper functions, and a complete CLI flow while validating each task with focused pytest checks.
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Step 1: Explore the project and the planning workflow
Welcome to the Study Break Planner lab. In this project, you will complete a small command-line Python application that turns a user's energy level and available time into a suggested break activity.
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Step 2: Create the shared inputs and validation helpers
This step focuses on the earliest stages of a reliable program: shared configuration and input cleanup. Before an application can make good decisions, it needs a consistent vocabulary for accepted values and a predictable way to compare user input against that vocabulary.
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Step 3: Use conditionals and randomness to choose activities
This step is where the planner begins to feel dynamic. Instead of treating every user the same way, the program will branch based on the energy level and build a list of appropriate activities.
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Step 4: Build time-aware guidance and assemble the plan
In this step, you will move from isolated helper functions to a more complete planning workflow. The new pieces add time awareness to the application and then combine everything into a single plan dictionary that later code can display.
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Step 5: Format the output and complete the CLI flow
The final step moves from data processing to presentation. Up to this point, the program has focused on making decisions and returning structured values.
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