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Ranking Node.js Module Authors

11 points by ecto 15y ago

ecto 15y ago
This is running on an EC2 micro instance through use of extensive caching. In addition to storing all static files in memory, I'm grabbing the data from npmjs.org and saving it in memory every 5 minutes. The server is just 35 LOC, you can check it out here https://github.com/ecto/npmtop.com https://github.com/ecto/npmtop.com
rhizome 15y ago
Can you increase the line-spacing a little more?
- ecto 15y ago
  Assuming you're being sarcastic. You're welcome to make a pull request if you don't like it, but I would start by changing the color palette on your website http://many9s.com/ http://many9s.com/
  - rhizome 15y ago
    Do you attack everybody who criticizes you? You must be a joy to work with. P.S. Those colors were chosen for specific reasons.
kyt 15y ago
Seems like they should be ranked by SLOC or number of total watchers for their packages.
- ecto 15y ago
  Github integration isn't a bad idea. What do you think the easiest way to grab SLOC/author is?
  - malandrew 15y ago
    Number of watchers and forks would be awesome, but including SLOC is a dubious metric IMHO. Other good metrics would be issues and pull request activity. A product with lots of pull requests and solved issues is one that is actively being used by people that probably matter. It would also be good to be able to rank modules by tags so that questions like, "what are the highest ranked testing libraries?" could be answered.
- DrJ 15y ago
  that's the first thing I noticed as well, it's based on the # of packages published by an author. Would be nice to be able to see a summary on their impact more than the # of packages. On another hand, I have met/worked with some of the people in the top #20 and I can say for sure they are major proponents(?) of Node.js. Heck, someone could go and published a lot of useless packages and get on the list! (if that kind of vanity was your thing) edit: michael jackson codes Node.js @ #310
pors 15y ago
Cool logo, how did you make that? Is it a font?
- ecto 15y ago
  Yeah, I ran the npm logo against WhatTheFont
  - pors 15y ago
    cool, thx!

11 points by ecto 15y ago

ecto 15y ago

This is running on an EC2 micro instance through use of extensive caching. In addition to storing all static files in memory, I'm grabbing the data from npmjs.org and saving it in memory every 5 minutes. The server is just 35 LOC, you can check it out here https://github.com/ecto/npmtop.com https://github.com/ecto/npmtop.com

rhizome 15y ago

Can you increase the line-spacing a little more?

ecto 15y ago
Assuming you're being sarcastic. You're welcome to make a pull request if you don't like it, but I would start by changing the color palette on your website http://many9s.com/ http://many9s.com/
- rhizome 15y ago
  Do you attack everybody who criticizes you? You must be a joy to work with. P.S. Those colors were chosen for specific reasons.

kyt 15y ago

Seems like they should be ranked by SLOC or number of total watchers for their packages.

ecto 15y ago
Github integration isn't a bad idea. What do you think the easiest way to grab SLOC/author is?
- malandrew 15y ago
  Number of watchers and forks would be awesome, but including SLOC is a dubious metric IMHO. Other good metrics would be issues and pull request activity. A product with lots of pull requests and solved issues is one that is actively being used by people that probably matter. It would also be good to be able to rank modules by tags so that questions like, "what are the highest ranked testing libraries?" could be answered.
DrJ 15y ago
that's the first thing I noticed as well, it's based on the # of packages published by an author. Would be nice to be able to see a summary on their impact more than the # of packages. On another hand, I have met/worked with some of the people in the top #20 and I can say for sure they are major proponents(?) of Node.js. Heck, someone could go and published a lot of useless packages and get on the list! (if that kind of vanity was your thing) edit: michael jackson codes Node.js @ #310

pors 15y ago

Cool logo, how did you make that? Is it a font?

ecto 15y ago
Yeah, I ran the npm logo against WhatTheFont
- pors 15y ago
  cool, thx!