+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. >
