betterer VS n

We first took a shot at addressing this gradually using a tool called Betterer, which works by taking a snapshot of the state of a set of errors, warnings, or undesired regular expressions in the codebase and surfacing changes in pull request diffs. Betterer had served us well in the past, such as when it helped us deprecate the Enzyme testing framework in favor of React testing library. However, because there were so many instances of noImplicitAny errors in the codebase, we found that much like snapshot tests, reviewers had begun to ignore Betterer results and we weren’t in fact getting better at all. Begrudgingly, we removed the rule from our Betterer tests and agreed to find a different way to enforce it. Luckily, this decision took place just in time for Snoosweek (Reddit’s internal hack week) so I was able to invest a few days into adding a new automation step to ensure incremental progress toward adherence to this rule.

Check out the beast of a PR here (and yes, it took me three branches to get it right 😅)

I just released v4.0.0 of Betterer 🎉 (now with sweet new docs!) and it has a bunch of simplified APIs for writing tests. And just before I shipped it, I got an issue asking how to write a Stylelint test, so let's do it here and explain it line by line:

You may think that is a bad idea, and stops innovation and adopting new trends and technologies. I dare to disagree. New conventions can be agreed on, and when a new convention is agreed on, it should be used in the codebase from that day on. Either by refactoring the whole code base to follow the new convention, which should be doable if the previous convention was followed carefully, or by using tools such as phenomnomnominal/betterer to incrementally adopt a new convention, and stop anyone from adding new code that does not follow the newly agreed convention. It is equally important to document the agreed conventions and keep the documentation up-to-date over time in addition to making sure everyone on the team hears about and understands the agreed conventions.

I have a tool that I've been working on for a while, and debugging it can be kind of a pain - especially when it's running inside VS Code. It'd be nice to have an easy way to get information about what is going on when the tool runs, without having to manually write a bunch of debug logging code and release a new version. That means that the usual approaches are not going to work:

use n or nvm to manage installed node/npm versions.

I have node installed, via n

1 - n is a tool that allows you to easily switch between different versions of Node.js. Follow the official guide in case this does not work for you due to an update or need a command not highlighted below. Here's how you can use n to switch between Node.js versions:

Listing people's recommendations with links below. I'm glad I asked this question. I received a lot of good recommendations. Thanks All! * nvm (https://nvm.sh) - Simple to use and easy to follow instructions with more in-depth configuration for those that need it. Some experienced a slightly slower terminal. Supports nodjs, iojs, and node version per project/directory. * fnm (https://github.com/Schniz/fnm) - Built with speed in mind. It is like nvm, but faster. Also supports node version per project/directory. * Volta (https://volta.sh/) - Looks easy to use and has good documentation. * asdf (https://asdf-vm.com/) - Supports multiple runtimes and tools by adding plugins. Admittedly, is a bit confusing and more than I need right now (Node, Rust, Python, Ruby, etc.) * Homebrew (https://brew.sh/) - Not a version manager but can act like one by installing nvm, fnm, asdf, or others. Some additional configuration may be needed. * Proto (https://moonrepo.dev/proto) - Supports Bun, Deno, Node.js (npm, pnpm, yarn), Rust, and Go. Also good documentation. Setup looks a bit complex to me :/. * n (https://github.com/tj/n) - Supports Node and npm per project. Simple and to the point.

And there are virtual environment; kind of. I just actually started using this, but there's n.

Today, let's find out why you would need multiple versions of Node.js in the first place and how to manage them efficiently with n, a Node.js version manager that is very developer-friendly.

I used n. It was pretty good. I still hated every time I had to change versions and the idea of making dockers for this came with a friend. Thankfully, I don't have that.project anymore

https://github.com/tj/n to install node and manage versions

N package since I found it out. Happy for both local pc and servers.