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. > >
