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Just today I was helping a junior (php) developer get setup & started with ruby. RVM, gems, bundler. Then onto rails. Upon first attempt to launch rails it cho
by RileyJames 5y ago
Just today I was helping a junior (php) developer get setup & started with ruby.
RVM, gems, bundler. Then onto rails. Upon first attempt to launch rails it choked on yarn requiring to install packages.
And then I had to go through node, npm/yarn, webpacker, rails is primarily the backend, webpacker manages the front end. And it all seemed needlessly complicated.
I love that rails have doubled down on the low-js direction. Progressive enhancement, the whole js ecosystem is there if/when you need. But until then KISS.
- svacko 5y agoAs you can read in the Rails 7 announcement, the webpacker is history already. Also, you don't even need to have the node present with ESM. So all this complex stuff you mention won't be soon required.
- RileyJames 5y agoYea I’m excited for it. What I’ve seen and used of stimulus & turbo is exactly the future I want to continue working with.