A node version switcher built with electron.
A node version switcher should be:
- Easy to install
- User specific
- Cross platform
- Written in javascript (and open source)
...At least this node version switcher aims to be all of these.
I like n, but it's just a bash shell script, so it depends on having a bash shell to run it. It is also limited in what it can tell you when something goes wrong. I much prefer writing and maintaining javascript to writing and maintaining shell scripts, but there's a chicken and egg problem - I need node to run javascript command line tools. Similar challenges exist for nvm, give and other node version managers. Using electron to build a node version manager works around all three of these issues - it builds cross platform, it can provide an extensive, informative UI (GUI where available), and it can be written in javascript, but is prepackaged with it's interpreter (at the cost of a relatively hefty download for a fairly simple tool). Also, a version switcher should be dead simple to install and manage versions for a single user.
It is also a fairly simple application for learning about building, packaging, and delivering updates to an electron app.