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Pretty bare bones readme- I’m not really sure what this does still. Any description what libs it adds to Godot? Any cost/benefit to adding a nodejs dependency

by dymk 5y ago

Pretty bare bones readme- I’m not really sure what this does still. Any description what libs it adds to Godot? Any cost/benefit to adding a nodejs dependency to your development cycle? Examples where this is useful?

shantnutiwari 5y ago
Yeah, a bit unsure what it does or what value it provides. >watch your files and allow to live reload your game. seems to be the only benefit (I can see), but is it useful enough to install a whole new library and mess with the NodeJs system? I can't say
- SquareWheel 5y ago
  With Godot's ability to load into scenes directly, I feel like live reloading is not as useful as it is in say a web-based application. Maybe better for rapid-prototyping things like tools rather than games though.
chrisdugne 5y ago
# CLI: coming from frontend world, the live reload is a must to have for my developments; that was the first step for Fox CLI, and I added assets creation for ios/android stores; Next step is to provide a helpful prompting to build debug/release versions # libs: here this is pretty much sandbox for now: I gather sharable code for my games: - an Animate API - static functions like the ones I uses with lodash.js for example I still need to write lots of doc for those parts, I'll do it alongside my game dev
- techdragon 5y ago
  Yes, but why drag in nodejs instead of just accepting the fact that developers using godot have a compiler handy and making a convenient little tool without requiring me to add JavaScript to a project that has in almost all likelihood, zero other need for JavaScript. The unreal engine equivalent of this would be a few small c++ plugins extending the editor which already provides prompts for necessary rebuilds. I thought godot had a project aware editor, why aren’t you extending that to minimise the amount of work involved? What genuine need is there for a let’s be clear HUGE dependency like NodeJS for this small of a utility?
  - chrisdugne 5y ago
    you're right, the nodejs dependency in not small; I've picked it because I work with js on my daily basis and found http://yargs.js.org/ http://yargs.js.org/ very handy to create beautiful CLI. Another possibility could be to extract a binary to provide the CLI as an executable instead of the node project with yargs in dev-deps And the other part of the project is are libs, not very well documented as of today, but real shortcuts for gdscript projects: Example the Animate functions based on the tween API; WIP!

by dymk 5y ago

shantnutiwari 5y ago

Yeah, a bit unsure what it does or what value it provides. >watch your files and allow to live reload your game. seems to be the only benefit (I can see), but is it useful enough to install a whole new library and mess with the NodeJs system? I can't say

SquareWheel 5y ago
With Godot's ability to load into scenes directly, I feel like live reloading is not as useful as it is in say a web-based application. Maybe better for rapid-prototyping things like tools rather than games though.

chrisdugne 5y ago

# CLI: coming from frontend world, the live reload is a must to have for my developments; that was the first step for Fox CLI, and I added assets creation for ios/android stores; Next step is to provide a helpful prompting to build debug/release versions # libs: here this is pretty much sandbox for now: I gather sharable code for my games: - an Animate API - static functions like the ones I uses with lodash.js for example I still need to write lots of doc for those parts, I'll do it alongside my game dev

techdragon 5y ago
Yes, but why drag in nodejs instead of just accepting the fact that developers using godot have a compiler handy and making a convenient little tool without requiring me to add JavaScript to a project that has in almost all likelihood, zero other need for JavaScript. The unreal engine equivalent of this would be a few small c++ plugins extending the editor which already provides prompts for necessary rebuilds. I thought godot had a project aware editor, why aren’t you extending that to minimise the amount of work involved? What genuine need is there for a let’s be clear HUGE dependency like NodeJS for this small of a utility?
- chrisdugne 5y ago
  you're right, the nodejs dependency in not small; I've picked it because I work with js on my daily basis and found http://yargs.js.org/ http://yargs.js.org/ very handy to create beautiful CLI. Another possibility could be to extract a binary to provide the CLI as an executable instead of the node project with yargs in dev-deps And the other part of the project is are libs, not very well documented as of today, but real shortcuts for gdscript projects: Example the Animate functions based on the tween API; WIP!