Maximization / nodejs-toolbox-catalog

Catalog of categories and libraries for Node.js Toolbox
https://nodejstoolbox.com
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Missing native alternatives #40

Open dalssoft opened 1 year ago

dalssoft commented 1 year ago

I imagine a developer looking for some of the categories, like Test Frameworks, and using the information there to make a decision, with all the libraries listed there. But what is missing is the native alternatives, in the case of Test Frameworks, the native alternative is test runner module is stable since v20.0.0.

If there was a way to inform the developer that there is a native alternative, it would be great.

A challenge I see is that there is no way to measure the popularity of the native alternative. Maybe just a reminder that there is a native alternative would be enough.

Another category that will fit this are:

Maximization commented 1 year ago

@dalssoft You make a good point for built-in solutions! I thought about that as well. Need to brainstorm how to show them on the page since they're not comparable with other libraries like you say. Perhaps a (noticeable) paragraph mentioning the native solution and linking to it.

Thanks for mentioning other categories with native solutions. I didn't know about Temporal!

dalssoft commented 1 year ago

I'm glad being able to help.

One more argument is that, due to sec issues, a good practice is to reduce the number of dependencies and use native modules, so we should incentivise that.

btw, congrats for this amazing tools!