# Ooooh Shiny!

Sometimes you stumble upon stuff so incredible useful that it's close to rival the babel fish. Well, that's a slight exaggeration, but still.

Today I discovered  `pyboxen`, and they are beautiful. I'm taking the liberty to steal some example code form the [`pyboxen` github](https://github.com/savioxavier/pyboxen) page in the hope that the people that might fly by this blog will go there and show their appreciation. 

Just look at this!

``` python
from pyboxen import boxen

print(
    boxen(
        "Python is cool!",
        padding=1,
        margin=1,
        color="cyan",
    )
)
``` 
 

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1667292547459/76e2VaAjo.png align="left")

> And if you think this is cool, just wait 'till you see [`rich`](https://github.com/Textualize/rich)! 

```python
from pyboxen import boxen

# Multiple texts

print(
    boxen(
        "Python is cool!",
        "Yeah it totally is!",
        "I [red]:heart:[/red]  [yellow bold]Python[/]!",  # You can even use Rich syntax here too!
        padding=1,
        margin=1,
        color="cyan",
    )
)

# Rich renderables, with a mix of strings and renderables

from rich.table import Table

table = Table(show_header=True, header_style="bold magenta")

table.add_column("Date", style="dim", width=12)
table.add_column("Title")
table.add_column("Production Budget", justify="right")
table.add_column("Box Office", justify="right")
table.add_row(
    "Dec 20, 2019", "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker", "$275,000,000", "$375,126,118"
)
table.add_row(
    "May 25, 2018",
    "[red]Solo[/red]: A Star Wars Story",
    "$275,000,000",
    "$393,151,347",
)
table.add_row(
    "Dec 15, 2017",
    "Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi",
    "$262,000,000",
    "[bold]$1,332,539,889[/bold]",
)

print(
    boxen(
        "Python is cool!",
        table
    )
)
```

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1667292699941/gyJ4KMpa5.png align="left")

These tools are so freaking cool! The python multiverse never stops to amaze me.