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Comment by crabasa | Hacker News Reader

> The easiest way to install ied is using npm

Bootstrapping ftw.

The initial set of dependencies is being installed via npm, the it installs its own dependencies via ied if told so: https://github.com/alexanderGugel/ied#installation

This is a "cool" feature during development, since it's a nice proof of concept.

Originally I checked in the node_modules directory, but then reddit was shitting on me as usual (yes, you shouldn't check in node_modules in an actual app, but this is PACKAGE MANAGER!). As far as I know, npm has also its own dependencies check in + a ton of packages as tarballs for tests, so I might do that later.

Dude, don't listen to reddit when it comes to managing your own open source project.

reddit gets mentioned a lot in these parts. Is there a subreddit i don't know off?

I was just thinking about that yesterday. I write my own projects so that I don't have to dance the political dance and make my colleagues happy. My own projects are for exploring my own ideas. Advice is always appreciated, but if someone wants to dictate how I write code in my own projects, they better damn well pay me (a lot).

To the OP: Don't let people bully you. Many people have strong ideas and will want you to do things their way. You aren't going to make everyone happy, though. Somebody will be pissed off no matter what you do (if you are popular enough -- normally people won't pay any attention to you ;-) ). "Because that's what I want to do" is a completely valid reason for any decision on your own project.

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