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> magic script that got the developer tools setup I wish I had that. I spent like 2 weeks installing a million different things, and configuring like 200 diffe
by erklik 5y ago
> magic script that got the developer tools setup
I wish I had that. I spent like 2 weeks installing a million different things, and configuring like 200 different files and even then, my build ran but not everything worked.
- Nextgrid 5y agoOn the other hand, having to do things manually gives you a good overview of how it all works. A magic script is great if you’re a user of the tools/software it installs but if you’re a developer you’ll sooner or later need the knowledge of how the thing works.
- krisoft 5y agoA magic script is great even if you are the developer who need the knowledge of how thr thing works. It is a single entry point which you can start reading and understanding.
- saagarjha 5y agoI like to call these just "scripts" without the magic. Magic scripts install a bunch of stuff and configure your machine, but don't tell you what they're doing at all. This stuff infuriates, because the next thing I know I have an OpenJDK11 on my computer for seemingly no reason. What you really want is a script, so you can just directly run it, but it tells you what it is doing and why you need the thing. "I'm going to set up Kerberos so I can push to our Git instance"? That's what I want to see somewhere that's not just "oh you can find this in the 17th zip file we download and execute on your machine".
- indentit 5y agoPresumably you can just inspect the magic script when you need to