No, I have not yet seen it, sounds sweet, and I applaud your commitment. The comment was based on historical data; I am still optimistic for the future. You will of course need to upgrade/downgrade to Windows 8 to develop/test for Windows 8, or Windows Phone 8.
@purplecabbage risingj.com On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: > I resent that comment about lack of Windows testing! Have you seen my > sweet swivel-monitor laptop that I have Windows 7 on? > > On 8/7/13 12:11 PM, "Jesse" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Well, given that only Benn, and myself have contributed to the windows 8, > >and windows phone platform scripts, and no one else even seems willing to > >test the windows phone platform, it seems unfair to suggest we throw away > >working code, and rewrite it just for fun. > > > >Having a dependency on node is not a big deal, it is the 30+ other npm > >libraries that always seem to come along, each with varying support for > >windows, that I have issues with. > > > >I will consider writing you a node callable facade, that still calls the > >.bat and wsh files behind the scenes. > > > > > > > >@purplecabbage > >risingj.com > > > > > >On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Steven Gill <[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > >> To install any plugins you at least need plugman which requires node. > >>Our > >> users are most likely going to have to install node as a dependency at > >>some > >> point. I don't see why having it as a dependency for platform libraries > >>is > >> such a big deal. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:34 AM, M. Lantz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > +1 > >> > > >> > Agreed I pretty much only use Cordova cli at this stage to make apps > >>and > >> > as such don't have any issues keeping my node up to date or relying > >>on is > >> > as a dependency. > >> > > >> > M. Lantz > >> > > >> > On 2013-08-07, at 1:07 PM, Frank Hennig <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > > +1 for all platforms > >> > > > >> > > I think it's not really an completely new dependency. Some > >>components > >> > actually depends on node.js like cordova-cli and plugman. Many > >>developers > >> > of cordova app's actually using grunt or bower and other node related > >> stuff > >> > to lint or to test their html and js code. > >> > > > >> > > A consistent tool and script language it's easier to maintain an to > >> > debug. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:14 AM, Filip Maj 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. > >> > > > >> > > >> > >
