On Tuesday, June 11, 2013 9:49:43 PM UTC+2, [email protected] wrote: > > > I'm reading JavaScript on the Server Using Node.js and Express. Having > just read the chapter on modules, it seems overly restrictive to make > require() refer only to files. It seems to me that a hosted module server > could be really useful in some applications. Would this be a node.js issue > or confined to JavaScript? > > In most cases you want all program dependencies on your local machine before you run it. Have you seen in any other language approach where program downloads remotely dependencies for itself while it's running? (I'm not talking about updates or some user extensions resolved with custom eco system).
Imagine that e.g. Photoshop downloads clone algorithm from remote server only after for a first time your pick a clone tool from toolbar. It doesn't make sense. First install, then run. -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
