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the no-library library: open module JavaScript framework
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Is Ender mature or abandon? #207

Open dotnetCarpenter opened 9 years ago

dotnetCarpenter commented 9 years ago

I'm surveying the js build tool landscape and is very interested in Ender but the lack of github commits and reason mentions on the web is a little worrisome.

Is Ender just that mature that no commits are necessary or have everyone jumped ship and are using the next thing?

We are putting together a new platform based on node and we are convening the following tech/tools: express.js as server, npm as build tool, postcss for css processing and a tat of bower.js to download front-end libraries/jquery-plugins. I'm not very attached to the bower part and Ender seems to be a shoe-in for bower packages.

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enlore commented 8 years ago

I'm interested in this same concern. Ender works well and seems mature, but the lack of conversation around it is a little disconcerting. Is this project still a thing?

amccollum commented 8 years ago

Ender is fairly mature. That said, there are many improvements that could be made (better source map support, transformations, breaking builds into smaller bundles) that I haven't had time to implement. Unfortunately, there isn't a large community around it pushing for additional features or implementing them.

Being biased, I personally like the simplicity and elegance of the approach Ender takes over other package managers, but there are some nice-to-haves that are definitely missing right now.

enlore commented 8 years ago

I feel that. I've know about it for a bit now, and I have to say that I'm a huge fan of the underlying ideas. Those ideas (and Ender itself) are something that I keep coming back to.

Good to know one of the core contributors is paying attention to it. That's enough to satisfy my interest. Thanks!