@othiym23 I'd love to pitch in with help @mikeal I've commented on the issue about maths.
Marko Bonaći
@mbonaci
@kenperkins I'm guessing PayPal is using Breeze for their ML stuff
Mikeal Rogers
@mikeal
@rvagg I'm updating the Node Forward website with more calls to action and I want to put some stuff in there asking people to contribute to nan, is there a good starting point for that, or an Issue about the changes you want to make for the next big release?
Rod Vagg
@rvagg
@mikeal issues list is where all of it done, one of the main contributors only exists on github in fact e.g. next release has been outlined here: rvagg/nan#205 - will be released at the end of this week. I've just made this issue for v2 discussions: rvagg/nan#208 - so far there's only one small breaking change that's slated for it (I just can't recall exactly what it is right now!) but I'm opening up discussion to more severe breakages.
Martin Heidegger
@martinheidegger
Hello guys. I have had a thought about node and I feel a little like "node" is missing a user interface. And wondered if that is worth a discussion.
Matt Brennan
@quarterto
If by "user interface" you mean a GUI, there are projects such as node-webkit and atom-shell which allow you to write HTML5 desktop apps that directly interface with node.js application code, or tint2, which is more of an extension of node.js which bridges with native desktop APIs.
Jeremiah Senkpiel
@Fishrock123
yeah, and existing browser engine is amuh better GUI than we’d be able to just implement.
Keep in mind that node is primarily a javascript I/O layer, so that should probably stay out of core itself. :)
Chris Williams
@voodootikigod
is there a discussion/place to discuss build targets for node?
Mikeal Rogers
@mikeal
yeah, there is a /build repo :)
that's where the people who are building and managing the new build system are
@rvagg is driving it
Martin Heidegger
@martinheidegger
@quarterto No I don't mean node-webkit. I mean an access to node without the shell. I know that this thought is sort of heretic but having settings for npm, managing global packages or projects could perhaps use a user interface.
Evan Tahler
@evantahler
@martinheidegger I'm having trouble wrapping my head around what you are asking for. I read this as GIU configuration tool for package.json files? I've seen something like this for rails apps once: https://github.com/RailsApps/rails-composer
Martin Heidegger
@martinheidegger
@evantahler Well: If you install nodejs on a mac these days all you "get" is a command line tool. Don't get me wrong: its cool. But for beginners it is sort of a black box. I think a UI could do following. 1) Offer a tutorial to get started with the first nodejs code 2) Offer a tool / display to set the global npm settings (and show them): npm set / npm get etc. 3) Offer a tool that lists the npm packages (particularly the ones that are often installed with -g) to install them globally (i.e.: coffeescript) 4) Offer a tool where you can add folders as "projects". Every project added has automatic (visual!) checks for the validity of the package.json (Eventually outdated dependency checks) buttons for all the enabled scripts (run/publish/etc.)
So, am I getting this right: node-forward="Community effort to strengthen node and its ecosystem by providing a source for knowledge directly from the horses mouth" io.js="Community effort to bring node forward with help from node-forward" ?
I like the way nodeschool.io is run with smaller communities coming together to mentor eachother and I wonder if that model can be applied to the node-forward mentoring program in some way.
I hope @dshaw, @rvagg et al herd all concerned into a NodeUp episode ASAP.
Ta.
Gary Katsevman
@gkatsev
the changelog also wanted to get a podcast up
Garth Kidd
@garthk
Debian/Devuan, also? FFS. Two major deps with communities forking.
Oli Evans
@olizilla
"Freedom isn't free" Team America - 2004
Martin Heidegger
@martinheidegger
I have some idea for node that might be interesting: How about a "auto-refresh" command-line option. if any of the loaded and/or required files changed then the process is automatically restarted.