Bower: A package manager for the web, from Twitter

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Post by exogen » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 2:37 AM UTC

Bower: A package manager for the web, from Twitter
twitter.github.com

Re: Bower: A package manager for the web, from Twitter

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Post by aeosynth » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 3:22 AM UTC

    $ bower lookup jquery
    jquery git://github.com/components/jquery.git

Web link: https://github.com/component/jquery

Since there's no authentication, the bower jquery package will always point to this url, which is not officially associated with jquery.

Re: Bower: A package manager for the web, from Twitter

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Post by streptomycin » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 3:24 AM UTC

Does anyone think this can finally be the tool to bring sane package management to client side JavaScript development? I'm hesitant to use any of the existing tools because none of them support all the libraries I use, so I'd end up doing stuff manually anyway, and I don't have any confidence that any of them will keep working in the long term.

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Post by kreutz » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 3:45 AM UTC

Relevant: http://tjholowaychuk.com/post/27984551477/components

Re: Bower: A package manager for the web, from Twitter

#5

Post by Garbage » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 3:47 AM UTC

The site itself doesn't give much of the introduction or what Bower is all about. Github page is much better - https://github.com/twitter/bower

Re: Bower: A package manager for the web, from Twitter

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Post by ricardobeat » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 3:47 AM UTC

Couldn't it extend package.json instead of using a separate file? Something like

    "clientDependencies": [...]

would be nice - most projects I work on these days already have a package.json file.

The ./components path could be configurable too.

Re: Bower: A package manager for the web, from Twitter

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Post by ricardobeat » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 3:49 AM UTC

Garbage wrote: post #5

The site itself doesn't give much of the introduction or what Bower is all about. Github page is much better - https://github.com/twitter/bower

The site is an exact copy of the README.

Re: Bower: A package manager for the web, from Twitter

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Post by hinathan » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 3:50 AM UTC

Garbage wrote: post #5

The site itself doesn't give much of the introduction or what Bower is all about. Github page is much better - https://github.com/twitter/bower

I thought so too but then scrolled down more — the design of the page made me think it was just a splash but there's tons of details underneath the big header. :/

Re: Bower: A package manager for the web, from Twitter

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Post by mediocregopher » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 4:00 AM UTC

hinathan wrote: post #8

Garbage wrote: post #5

The site itself doesn't give much of the introduction or what Bower is all about. Github page is much better - https://github.com/twitter/bower

I thought so too but then scrolled down more — the design of the page made me think it was just a splash but there's tons of details underneath the big header. :/

I didn't even realize this until I saw your comment. Definitely could use a "scroll for more" or an arrow or something.

Re: Bower: A package manager for the web, from Twitter

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Post by dylanpyle » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 4:00 AM UTC

aeosynth wrote: post #2

$ bower lookup jquery jquery git://github.com/components/jquery.git Web link: https://github.com/component/jquery Since there's no authentication, the bower jquery package will always point to this url, which is not officially associated with jquery.

Actually, the web URL you're looking for is https://github.com/components/jquery (note the "components" vs "component"), which does seem to be officially associated based on the members of the "components" organization.