+1 if we can somehow automate a user-level node installation (or package it somehow).
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a fair answer! I concur. The main win for me is in android + BB > land, for the reason you name, Jesse. > > On 8/6/13 3:24 PM, "Jesse" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>I only think this should be done for the multi-OS platforms. >>Elsewhere it is just a make work project IMHO. >>I have spent a lot of time ensuring that I was not introducing >>dependencies, then we add node, and we get 600 deps. >> >>@purplecabbage >>risingj.com >> >> >>On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I would like to introduce node.js as a dependency for the platform >>> libraries, so that the platform scripts (bin/create, cordova/run, etc) >>>are >>> written in node. >>> >>> Pros: >>> - For multi-OS platforms (Android, BlackBerry), this reduces committer >>> cognitive load as the scripts do not need to be authored in two >>>different >>> script languages (I.e. Shell for unix-y Oses, Wscript for Windows) >>> - consistency in tool/script language. Cordova-js, coho, cli and plugman >>> are all written on top of node.js. >>> >>> Cons: >>> - Introducing a new dependency >>> >>> NB: This is separate from platform-spec; I would like to see >>>platform-spec >>> created/used regardless of the outcome of this thread. >>> >>> >
