Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
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Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
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Re: Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
#2Regarding point 9, if you don't check your `node_modules` into version control don't you run the risk of them disappearing from NPM?
Re: Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
#3Node.js is the rare example of a Linux-centric tool with great cross-platform support.
Apart from the problems with Windows, npm, and path lengths.
Re: Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
#4Regarding point 9, if you don't check your `node_modules` into version control don't you run the risk of them disappearing from NPM?
"If you are paranoid about depending on the npm ecosystem, you should run a private npm mirror or a private cache.
If you want 100% confidence in being able to reproduce the specific bytes included in a deployment, you should use an additional mechanism that can verify contents rather than versions. For example, Amazon machine images, DigitalOcean snapshots, Heroku slugs, or simple tarballs."
https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/faq#should-i-check-my-node-modul...
Re: Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
#5Node.js is the rare example of a Linux-centric tool with great cross-platform support. Apart from the problems with Windows, npm, and path lengths.
It was an npm issue, fixed in npm 3.
http://www.felixrieseberg.com/npm-v3-is-out-and-its-a-really...
Re: Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
#6Node.js is the rare example of a Linux-centric tool with great cross-platform support. Apart from the problems with Windows, npm, and path lengths.
There are hiccups, but as a general statement I stand by it.
"Node is pretty impressive on Windows. You get the feeling that JavaScript (as well as HTML and CSS) are a first class citizen in the Operating System. I already have a list of dozens of Native Windows Apps I want to build using Node."
http://daverupert.com/2015/08/developing-on-windows/
(good contrast with other experiences from a polyglot)
"Node is quite awesome on Windows to be honest."
https://medium.com/@vernonk/surface-pro-4-the-ipad-i-always-...
Re: Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
#7Node.js is the rare example of a Linux-centric tool with great cross-platform support. Apart from the problems with Windows, npm, and path lengths.
There are a lot of problems, actually. I don't think Node.js has bad cross-platform support but calling it "great" is definitely a stretch. Node's APIs are very low-level and unix-centric and the result is it is very easy to make a library that doesn't work well on Windows because it assumes unix-style paths, for example.
Or try using child_process.spawn without resorting to a 3rd party module or adding platform specific code yourself. Yeesh.
Re: Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
#8Node.js is the rare example of a Linux-centric tool with great cross-platform support. Apart from the problems with Windows, npm, and path lengths.
Btw, that was fixed in node 5.0 with npm 3.
Re: Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
#9Regarding point 9, if you don't check your `node_modules` into version control don't you run the risk of them disappearing from NPM?
That's a good point, I've never considered the possibility of a package I'm using disappear from NPM. I never check in my node_modules folder and let CI build processes handle all of that.
Re: Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
#10Until I looked at the actual title of the post, I was a little concerned that somebody had invented a time machine.
It's been changed now, but originally was titled "10 Habits of a Happy Node Hacker (2016)"