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Brainfuck, then :). People don't use node for the Javascript. They use it for the modules, and node is the glue that coheres them (and does an admirable job at
by aegiso 13y ago
Brainfuck, then :).
People don't use node for the Javascript. They use it for the modules, and node is the glue that coheres them (and does an admirable job at that).
When you're comparing writing a CLI app in node to writing it in something else, it's a world of difference, and that difference is npm. With good modules, writing a CLI app has little to do with Javascript -- you're more specifying config and flow by passing some options and streams around, and you're done.
- 10098 13y agoHow about writing it in Perl and using CPAN instead of npm then? There are tons of modules in CPAN. But since Perl is not cool any more, there's always Python and pip.
- kephra 13y agoI have yet to see any language repository that constrains quality in the way CPAN does with CPAN testers. CPAN modules must provide POD documentation, must provide a regression test, and must run on several dozen platforms before PAUSE accepts to publish it on CPAN. Python or Ruby modules, or my favorite Lua, are a bunch of junk compared to CPAN.