I saw this few months ago, and I had one question how many times do you
change your package.json manually? I use:
- npm i module —save (or —save-dev)
-
npm remove module —save
-
npm version patch/minor/major
And things like that which does not only change the package but do the
required action, but download the module, commit the version change etc.
Also, worth checking
substactak/pkginit<https://github.com/substack/pkginit>if you npm init
a lot, since it allows you to create templates.
2014/1/14 Alex Kocharin <a...@kocharin.ru>
> Mark,
>
> One maintains an npm fork - https://github.com/rlidwka/yapm - and happily
> uses package.yaml forgetting that package.json ever existed. It was an
> experiment a year ago, but right now I can't even imagine how I would use
> package.json without an ability to comment anything. :)
>
> As for any other config file, it's a fair point. A lot of packages use
> json as a configuration file just because it's simple, but when they grow
> they usually change to something more appropriate. Sadly, it's usually
> cjson (commented json), but I really like to see something more advanced
> instead.
>
> Most packages use javascript object as a config, take node-http-proxy for
> example. You require() it and pass a custom-made object defined somewhere
> of your choice. All my production servers use executable javascript for
> writing configuration as well, because it allows greater flexibility.
>
> I'm trying to remember config formats for standalone tools... Grunt and
> similar tools use javascript (or coffeescript in case of cake), JSHint -
> cjson, Sinopia - yaml, npm - ini (I wonder, did someone thought about why
> npm uses ini instead of json for a config?). Meteor uses package.js, that's
> where I envy them sometimes, you can do awesome things on install. Maybe
> bower still uses json in bowerrc? I don't use it though. pm2 uses json as
> well, but it's managed automatically and don't cause trouble.
>
> So yes, I read a lot of JSON files in mongodb interface or in traffic
> dumps from REST services, but I don't remember writing them, there are
> always more convenient tools.
>
>
> Regards,
> alex
>
> 14.01.2014, 12:38, "Mark Hahn" <m...@reevuit.com>:
>
> > If you're updating JSON by hand, you're doing it wrong. No exceptions.
>
> I don't understand. How does one maintain a file like package.json or any
> other config file?
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Alex Kocharin <a...@kocharin.ru> wrote:
>
>
> > JSON scripts are for GUIs so they can be updated by hand or a GUI.
>
> If you're updating JSON by hand, you're doing it wrong. No exceptions.
>
>
> 14.01.2014, 03:03, "mgutz" <mario.l.gutier...@gmail.com>:
>
> gee - simpler builds using gulp filters
>
> https://github.com/geejs/gee
>
> * gulp filters (node streams)
> * autowatch (-w flag)
> * display errors and continue when watching
> * build modes
> * imperative or declaractive (JSON) project scripts
>
> JSON scripts are for GUIs so they can be updated by hand or a GUI.
> Undecided whether
> to create a standalone app like CodeKit or custom build of Adobe Brackets?
>
> Any feedback appreciated
>
>
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