What's wrong with nodenv?
The problem sounds like why do we have nvm, n, nodenv, asdf (and some more) and now fnm?
Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
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Re: Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
this really does need a pitch comparison vs nvm. when I first saw yarn I switched almost instantly from npm because the pitch and improvement were clear
Is there still any reason to use yarn today?
we didn't move back since we use lerna with yarn workspaces. few more reasons are offline package cache and pnp
edit: also just read the v2 roadmap that is on the top of HN now - lots of great new features coming up which only reinforces our decision to stick with yarn
Re: Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
#63Great work, but you'd have to pry asdf out of my cold, dead hands. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
I have to read the README twice to see what is it about. What is extensible version manager? Managing what exactly. So I guess it's the reason asdf is not popular
I'm sorry, I could have sworn the README used to have a snappy description.
Think of it like a Swiss Army knife of version managers that can handle all the languages you use, per-project. And it's all just bash scripts, and installs everything into a visible place on your drive.
Re: Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
#64Great work, but you'd have to pry asdf out of my cold, dead hands. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
I used nvm for years, but my development workflow became more and more terminal-oriented to the point I was spawning new ones several times an hour. Nvm took almost a second to launch, easily consuming 99% of the startup time for each shell. I tried writing some custom code to lazy load nvm only when I needed it which worked alright, but I ended up switching to Asdf because it loads almost instantaneously and haven’t…
I think I started using it for much the same reason; I was having trouble with the official node installer. But once I uninstalled rvm as well, I was sold. Now I can have a project with a specific elixir/erlang/node version written into my `.tool-versions` file, and I don't have to worry about anything.
Re: Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I write lambda code for my job, our code currently only supports the node 6 for it's runtime (our system automatically deploys it). I use nvm to help test my code all the time while still having the ability to switch to a more current node for other projects
Are you running your projects directly on your machine? Your’re not using a VM or containers? Don’t you have the “but it works on my machine” problem?
We only run it for quick tests. This is custom code that our main application uses for custom logic that is different for each customer. We can't build it into the main product because not everyone wants/needs it. We always test on the lambdas directly, but we just dev on our machine as that's sometimes quicker.
Re: Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
#66Wait, I assumed this will be a js-app, but it actually is a executable binary? Is that the courtesy of https://github.com/jordwalke/pesy ? For some time I wanted to try ReasonML for server-side development, but for some reason I assumed, that most of the ecosystem would be node.js based.
Reason is merely a new syntax on OCaml. You can use BuckleScript (BS) to compile to JS, or not use BS to compile to native. There exists a fast http server in native OCaml: https://github.com/inhabitedtype/httpaf
So Reason is to OCaml a little like Elixir is to Erlang - newer syntax, better tooling, same great foundation.
Re: Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
#67As a Python developer, and when docker is not an option, nodeenv is the perfect solution for me, to the point that I have a bash function specifically for creating a Python virtualenv and then installing nodeenv on top.
Re: Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
#68Great work, but you'd have to pry asdf out of my cold, dead hands. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
It worked rather badly with Haskell last time I checked (Darwin, Fish shell).
I'm sorry to hear that but I'm happy to help if there is anything I can do as a maintainer. The Haskell plugin isn't maintained by the core team, and it may have some issues of it's own that need to be fixed. If there was something specific that caused you trouble let me know and I'll see what I can do to get it addressed.
Re: Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
#69Great work, but you'd have to pry asdf out of my cold, dead hands. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
I have to read the README twice to see what is it about. What is extensible version manager? Managing what exactly. So I guess it's the reason asdf is not popular
asdf maintainer here. We are in the process of re-organizing the README and all of the documentation. In it's present state the README isn't particularly clear about what asdf is and why it is useful. One of the maintainers already has a PR out to fix this - https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/pull/441
If you have any suggestions on what the readme should say feel free to open an issue or a small PR.
Re: Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
#70Looks like a great project, but really needs documentation. The only option other than reading the code I have now is screen-capturing the last frame of the gif an looking at what commands were used. Really?
Hi! I guess you're `whyboris` from GH. Thanks again for the feedback :D
Just noting that I have added a small piece of documentation. The CLI itself also has `--help` flag, and it works also for every subcommand (`nvm install --help` for instance)