> What is the problem with using extensions that have native bindings that
must be compiled when they are installed?

The instructions directed me to install visual studio which led me to
believe that I had to compile from source.  In other npm installs the
compile just happened when I did npm install.  I now realize that even
though I need visual stdio and python 2.7 installed the process is just npm
install after all.

I was not trolling.  I really do need serialport.  I meant no disrespect.
 I apologize for the tone.



On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Rick Waldron <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Is there any node module to give access to a serial port on windows that
>> does not require compiling an extension?
>>
>
> What is the problem with using extensions that have native bindings that
> must be compiled when they are installed?
>
> It's not hard to search npm and find this:
> https://github.com/technicalmachine/node-jssc, which makes me think you
> just wanted to post here in order to have a go with the following comment...
>
>
>>
>> The author of node-serialport has this weird idea that you can't offer a
>> c++ extension unless the user compiles it himself.
>>
>
> "The author" is several people that work _very_ hard to maintain a
> non-trivial extension—have some respect.
>
> Rick
>
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