Create better cli

[peteruithoven]

Currently we work with a simple Run.sh bash script. This makes sure there are few dependencies (like having to install things like Node.js, Lua, Python etc). But it's not a very flexible language, it also doesn't work straight away on Windows.

Go

One interesting candidate would be doing this in Go. Quoting an article: Since Go is a compiled language, binaries of your app can be precompiled for each platform that you wish to distribute for. While not as portable as C, (and who can be, C compilers are everywhere!) Go provides a lightweight set of tools that can compile on many platforms for those who wish their end users to compile from source. The author even wrote a cli package.

• http://codegangsta.io/blog/2013/07/21/creating-cli-applications-in-go/
• https://github.com/codegangsta/cli (49 contributors, 2633 stars)

  Node.js

With our experience in Node.js, Node.js is also a good candidate (even though users would need to install Node.js).

• http://blog.npmjs.org/post/118810260230/building-a-simple-command-line-tool-with-npm (series)
• http://blog.npmjs.org/post/119317128765/adding-subcommands-to-your-command-line-tool
• http://blog.npmjs.org/post/119377806820/making-your-command-line-tool-configurable
• http://tutorialzine.com/2014/09/creating-your-first-node-js-command-line-application/ Possibly interesting modules:
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/commander
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/inquirer