wip: refactor & software class stub

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.zip
+*.swp

client.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import tkinter
 import customtkinter
 import PIL
+import data_backend
 
 customtkinter.set_appearance_mode("dark")
 customtkinter.set_default_color_theme("blue")
@@ -18,50 +19,65 @@ img = PIL.ImageTk.PhotoImage(img)
 
 buttons = []
 
-def create_button():
+def switch_to_game_details(software):
+    '''Switch to the details of the clicked tile'''
+    pass
 
-    button = customtkinter.CTkButton(app, image=img, width=200, height=300, command=lambda: button_click(button),
+def create_main_window_tile(software):
-                        border_width=0, corner_radius=0, border_spacing=0, text="Test Title LOLOLOL",
+    '''Create the main window tile'''
-                        fg_color="transparent", compound="top", anchor="s")
+
+    button = customtkinter.CTkButton(app, image=img, width=200, height=300,
+                                     command=lambda: switch_to_game_details(game),
+                                     border_width=0, corner_radius=0, border_spacing=0,
+                                     text="Test Title LOLOLOL",
+                                     fg_color="transparent", compound="top", anchor="s")
     return button
 
-def button_click():
-    print(button.cget("image"))
-
 def update_button_positions(event=None):
+    '''Sets the tile positions initially and on resize'''
 
     global last_geometry
 
+    # check vs old location #
     new_geometry = app.winfo_geometry()
     if last_geometry[0] == new_geometry[0] and last_geometry[1] == new_geometry[1]:
         return
     else:
         last_geometry = new_geometry
 
-    # Calculate the number of columns based on the current width of the window
+    # Calculate the number of columns based on the current width of the window #
     num_columns = app.winfo_width() // 201  # Adjust 100 as needed for button width
 
-    # window became too slow #
+    # window became too small #
     if num_columns == 0:
         return
 
-
+    # calculated and set positions
     for i, button in enumerate(buttons):
 
         grid_info_current = button.grid_info()
         column_new = i % num_columns
         row_new = i // num_columns
 
-        if grid_info_current.get("row") and grid_info_current["row"] == row_new and grid_info_current["column"] == column_new:
+        if(grid_info_current.get("row") and grid_info_current["row"] == row_new 
+                    and grid_info_current["column"] == column_new):
             continue
         else:
             button.grid(row=i // num_columns, column=i % num_columns, sticky="we")
 
 
-for i in range(0,5):
+if __init__ == "__main__":
-    button = create_button()
-    buttons.append(button)
 
-app.bind("<Configure>", update_button_positions)
+    # define data backend #
-update_button_positions()
+    db = data_backend.LocalFS(None, None, "./cache", remote_root_dir="example_software_root")
-app.mainloop()
+
+    # create tiles from meta files #
+    for software in db.find_all_metadata():
+        create_main_window_tile(software)
+
+    # set update listener & update positions #
+    app.bind("<Configure>", update_button_positions)
+    update_button_positions()
+
+    # run app #
+    app.mainloop()

software.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class Software:
+
+    def __init__(self, directory):
+
+        self.directory = directory
+        self.info_file = 
+
+        self.genre = 
+        self.title = 
+        self.description = 
+        self.dependencies = 
+        self.link_only = 
+        self.extra_files =