Big looks like a set of wrappers to make using existing Node.js modules together easier and more consistent, with better documentation. It's like wrapping a Disqus API module and Facebook Graph API module in your own framework, so it can be used consistently in other areas of your framework. In some cases Big does more than that, allowing you to hook X before it does Y like start a server, just like hooking cookies or socket.io into express, flatiron, etc. Some of the modules are more than just wrappers, meaning instead of publishing tons of separate modules on NPM, they are publishing them all into Big. So it goes JavaScript -> Node.js -> Big -> Your Module. They're adding another layer. I've done this myself. It makes things a lot cleaner, for yourself, for your team. It's not a bad idea, but the community won't likely pick up on it, so there's no use explaining it, especially in its current state. If they get one of the Big "resources" aka modules (Node.js modules in a wrapper) to go "viral" then it would force people to learn Big, and start developing for it. Seems to be avoiding the Hook.io scene (logically), or else there would be more work into big/resources/mesh?
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Dan Milon <[email protected]> wrote: > «No. Even if I did, you wouldn't understand.» > > Obviously the guy is not in a mood for explanations. Let's all move on. > > On 02/06/2013 07:40 PM, Mark Hahn wrote: > > I can't tell from the docs what this is used for. Can you > > explain? > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Marak Squires > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Featuring the all new resource engine! > > > > https://github.com/bigcompany/resource > > > > And no one is allowed to use it, especially Stan and Kyle. > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Eric Muyser <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Reverse psychology > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Harald Hanche-Olsen > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > [Angel Java Lopez <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> (2013-02-05 11:31:00 UTC)] > > > >> Ummm... 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