pyFlashCards Overview

pyFlashCards is a wxPython based software for creating and studying flash cards. Thanks to python and wxPython it is multiplatform; it runs on Windows and Linux and Mac (PowerPC only). I have developed it to study at medical school because none of the flash card programs I found on the internet would do what I want the way I want it. Even though it is not complete, I think that many people can already find it useful.

Features

• multiplatform: Windows, Linux Mac (PowerPC)
• Sebastian Leitner box system for maximizing long term memory retention
• html tags allow to highlight important concepts
• shortcuts for inserting common html tags
• image support for visual learners
• unicode support allows studying any language
• cards and be studying in the sequence they were entered or randomized

Installation Instructions – Windows

Installation Instructions – Linux

• Install python. I have tested it with Python 2.4.
• Install wxPython. I have tested it with wxPython 2.8.
• Download source code. Decompress it in your home directory. To run the software start a terminal window, enter the FlashCards directory and run python pyFlashCards.py from the command line.

Installation Instructions – Mac

Limitations

pyFlashCards 0.3.0 has some limitations. Here they come:

• Do not delete/move cards from a chapter that is in the pool. There is a bug in how chapters in the pool are handled.
• You cannot run more than one instance. If you do you will loose data.
• pyFlashCards must be run from a directory you have write acces to.
• Works only with PowerPC Mac.

Future releases

• Enabling the user to move cards within a chapter.
• Search for cards.
• Allowing multiple instances of pyFlashCards.