Ied: Like npm, but faster – an alternative package manager for Node

Ied: Like npm, but faster – an alternative package manager for Node(gugel.io)

17 points by Nervetattoo 10 years ago | 8 comments

RichWalton 10 years ago |

A quick test shows this to be _much_ faster than NPM 2 (Browserify ~8s vs ~27s using NPM 2). I've been on the look out for a faster NPM given it takes 30m to install dependencies for an application I work on :(

Unfortunately IED (Soon to be renamed "NOM") doesn't support Git dependencies :(

k__ 10 years ago | |

Does it support native modules?

k__ 10 years ago |

It's nice that it takes some ideas from Nix, but it would even nicer if the time spent would go directly into Nix ;)

I'm considering switching to npm2nix and Nix for my projects, because I got burned by NPM far too often. Also Nix can be used for all software, not only NPM stuff. With NixOS it also ties a nice "package", haha

bitwarrior 10 years ago |

What an unfortunate name.

RichWalton 10 years ago | |

Agreed. Fortunately the dev(s) look to be in the process of renaming to "Nom" (https://github.com/alexanderGugel/ied/issues/29)

z3t4 10 years ago |

I find it very confusing with flat node_modules as it doesn't hide complexity.

EvanPlaice 10 years ago | |

Well, NPM is changing to a flat structure in V3.

Complexity isn't much of a concern since all dependencies should (ideally) me automatically managed by NPM.

The greater benefit is reduced duplication and reducing excessive folder nesting. The former saves space and the time required to download dependencies, the latter solves some serious issues with using NPM on windows.

z3t4 10 years ago | | |

Yes, I noticed that when I upgraded; spent several hours debugging before I found out that was the problem (I had both flat and nested, where prod used the old, and my tests used the new)