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There seems to be so many of these tools for Javascript. NVM, NPX, n, asdf, Volta. Coming from a Python background I don't understand why the tooling here is so

There seems to be so many of these tools for Javascript. NVM, NPX, n, asdf, Volta. Coming from a Python background I don't understand why the tooling here is so much more complete than for other languages.

Semaphor 5y ago
It’s not that Python is special, it’s Javascript that is.
capableweb 5y ago
More popular languages enjoy a bigger ecosystem and with that, more tooling.
qudat 5y ago
> Coming from a Python background I don't understand why the tooling here is so much more complete than for other languages. Is python immune to this problem? I think not, in fact, I think it is much worse because we have to "hack" how packages are installed by creating a "virtual environment." How many different tools are there to manage python dependencies?
- nonbirithm 5y ago
  What about Ruby? In my experience, Bundler is about the only thing I've ever needed to use.
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