Trex: A package manager for Deno

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Post by buttercubz » Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 8:49 PM UTC

Trex: A package manager for Deno
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Re: Trex: A package manager for Deno

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Post by buttercubz » Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 8:49 PM UTC

What is Trex?

is a Package management for deno similar to npm but maintaining the deno philosophy. packages are cached and only one import_map.json file is generated.

Re: Trex: A package manager for Deno

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Post by olouv » Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 9:11 PM UTC

Why write the executable with an upper-first letter? Looks quite silly and not professional imo.

Re: Trex: A package manager for Deno

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Post by stoops » Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 9:34 PM UTC

Don't make me type shift on the command line. It makes my pinky finger hurt after a long day.

Re: Trex: A package manager for Deno

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Post by 29athrowaway » Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 9:49 PM UTC

Was not one of the main motivations for deno to not use a package manager?

Re: Trex: A package manager for Deno

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Post by moron4hire » Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 9:49 PM UTC

stoops wrote: post #4

Don't make me type shift on the command line. It makes my pinky finger hurt after a long day.

How often are you installing packages?

Re: Trex: A package manager for Deno

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Post by gkoberger » Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 9:53 PM UTC

moron4hire wrote: post #6

stoops wrote: post #4

Don't make me type shift on the command line. It makes my pinky finger hurt after a long day.

How often are you installing packages?

I do it a ton. I don't write production code much anymore; it tends to be quick scripts or little one-off apps. So I probably type `npm i ...` a few times a day.

Plus things like `npm install` on pull requests, etc.

Re: Trex: A package manager for Deno

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Post by desert_boi » Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 9:53 PM UTC

29athrowaway wrote: post #5

Was not one of the main motivations for deno to not use a package manager?

I believe so. I always wondered why `go mod` existed until we had dependencies break fairly frequently from a certain domain and were forced to vend the dependency.

Re: Trex: A package manager for Deno

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Post by LibertyBeta » Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 9:59 PM UTC

So, to me, this just looks to wrap the import map functionality with a nicer cli.

For the same number of times as in days I'm torn on wether this is good.

On one hand, it's a bridge for node people and adds some nice comfort tooling.

On the other, it means you don't get to really understand how packages and bundling are supposed to work.

I may just end up writing a post on this tonight.

Re: Trex: A package manager for Deno

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Post by 29athrowaway » Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 10:08 PM UTC

LibertyBeta wrote: post #9

So, to me, this just looks to wrap the import map functionality with a nicer cli. For the same number of times as in days I'm torn on wether this is good. On one hand, it's a bridge for node people and adds some nice comfort tooling. On the other, it means you don't get to really understand how packages and bundling are supposed to work. I may just end up writing a post on this tonight.

It also reintroduces one of the main problems of node back into deno. https://youtu.be/M3BM9TB-8yA?t=581