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So npm is bad in your opinion, because it correctly handles different dependencies on packages with varying versions, screwing up? Or is the problem the vast js
by philplckthun 10y ago
So npm is bad in your opinion, because it correctly handles different dependencies on packages with varying versions, screwing up? Or is the problem the vast js ecosystem?
I don't think that "tree X" can be a good argument against using any kind of package manager.
- kminehart 10y agoIt's just popular to hate JavaScript and npm right now. It's not perfect, but it's not bad either.
- philplckthun 10y agoThis whole "JS and it's ecosystem is the worst"-meme is just awful. Same goes for the PHP counterpart. I think it's fine to search for better solutions for our backends, but there is no denying that 1) our browsers rely on JS and will do so for the close future, and 2) that there is an ecosystem for every programming language that can use it efficiently and proficiently.
- azdavis 10y agoYeah, I'm not seeing how "tree node_modules" is an argument against npm per se. Maybe one could argue npm, inc promotes the small-modules approach, but I don't think that's relevant to whether npm itself is a good package manager. No matter whether you think small modules are good or bad, I personally have experienced npm to at least manage them well. Admittedly, however, I've never actually worked on projects of any great size.