…why would you name this after a domestic abuser?
Show HN: JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes
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Re: Show HN: JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes
#22Maybe you should name this JohnnyDep so it's more an allusion and less the actual person's name? Dep makes more sense anyways, as dependency has one p.
Extending the subtlety vector a little more:
"Johnny"
Re: Show HN: JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes
#23…why would you name this after a domestic abuser?
It's named after a great actor.
Re: Show HN: JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes
#24…why would you name this after a domestic abuser?
Agreed, this is an uncomfortable name.
Re: Show HN: JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes
#25How's Johnny really managing his dependencies?
Given his behavior over the years: not well.
Re: Show HN: JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes
#26Please no. Write standard modules. Serve standard modules to modern browsers, optionally bundling to modules for production. Bundle to non-modules for legacy browsers. Then we can all eventually move forward from this mess of non-standard module formats and loaders.
One thing that really sours me in esm is that this is possible (fictional main.js):
import Vue from 'vue'
import jQuery from 'jquery'
global.jQuery = jQuery // to get the next line to
work
import Bootstrap from 'bootstrap'
import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css'
import became a giant "do something cool on this line" that maybe the tooling you're using knows how to translate via (say) a webpack loader.
For anyone wondering, that line gets translated to the browser dynamically including css on the page.
Re: Show HN: JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes
#27Maybe you should name this JohnnyDep so it's more an allusion and less the actual person's name? Dep makes more sense anyways, as dependency has one p.
Or perhaps `JonnyDep` or `JonnyDeps`. A whimsical allusion to someone else can be playful and respectful.
But to appropriate someone else's full exact name for another purpose is kind of rude – especially if that person makes their living from their public image/name.
Re: Show HN: JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes
#28Please no. Write standard modules. Serve standard modules to modern browsers, optionally bundling to modules for production. Bundle to non-modules for legacy browsers. Then we can all eventually move forward from this mess of non-standard module formats and loaders.
It's fine to raise a concern or ask a question about it, but please don't be snarky about it. That's against the rules, both for Show HNs and for the site as a whole.
Re: Show HN: JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes
#29This is without doubt the worst dependency manager I have ever heard of.
what qualities do you feel make it so?
Re: Show HN: JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes
#30Nothing beats my dependency manager, which I'll just call DrGonzo:
var exports = {};
function require(modname) {
if (modname == 'jquery') return $;
else if (modname.startsWith('.')) return exports;
else { console.log("Unknown require()", modname); return exports; }
}