I should also add that when I installed node on windows XP, it had no other dependencies and was far easier to install than android's other dependencies (android sdk, eclipse, JDK).
However, I did also find that at least one of node's apis (getline) didn't work on windows. We'll have to still test on all platforms for most changes. I think it'd also be a good idea to either not use any npm dependencies, or to commit the node_modules directory if we do. That way our users don't need to worry about running "npm install" On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> wrote: > +1 for Android. > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Bryan Higgins <br...@bryanhiggins.net>wrote: > >> All BB scripts are already written in node, except for check_reqs. It's >> hard to check for the existence of node using node. :) >> >> If other platforms go that way, we should standardize the location of the >> scripts. I'd like to see them directly invoked by CLI rather than going >> through the shell. >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > +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 <f...@adobe.com> 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" <purplecabb...@gmail.com> 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 <f...@adobe.com> 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. >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > > >> > >> > >
