Asdf – the language tool version manager

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  • asdf

    Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more

  • I have an issue out to make it agnostic of keyboard layouts if that helps! https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/930

  • asdf-java

    A Java plugin for asdf-vm.

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  • terraform-switcher

    A command line tool to switch between different versions of terraform (install with homebrew and more)

  • tfswitch might help with particular issue of terraform versioning:

    https://tfswitch.warrensbox.com/

    Even then some versions of terraform providers are not compatible with M1 macs. Docker would help with that probably, but so can: https://github.com/kreuzwerker/m1-terraform-provider-helper

    Perhaps these sort of issues support the benefits of per-module docker images?

  • m1-terraform-provider-helper

    CLI to support with downloading and compiling terraform providers for Mac with M1 chip

  • tfswitch might help with particular issue of terraform versioning:

    https://tfswitch.warrensbox.com/

    Even then some versions of terraform providers are not compatible with M1 macs. Docker would help with that probably, but so can: https://github.com/kreuzwerker/m1-terraform-provider-helper

    Perhaps these sort of issues support the benefits of per-module docker images?

  • terraform

    Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a source-available tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.

  • asdf-python

    Python plugin for the asdf version manager

  • Yeah, I should've been more precise. The asdf plugins use parts of existing systems. For example (python/ruby/node)-build which mostly come from other version managers. Asdf does provide extras, but the plugin-specific code is tiny: https://github.com/asdf-community/asdf-python/blob/master/bi...

  • bin

    Effortless binary manager

  • Downside: it's all shell scripts. Upside: it's all shell scripts.

    Seriously through, it's pretty easy to create an asdf plugin, and it works great. But it would be great if there were a static executable to handle it all.

    A couple projects out there come close, but need people to contribute code to finish the most useful functionality. One example is https://github.com/marcosnils/bin - the developer is fully in favor of improvements and added features, but needs someone with the free time to add them.

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  • nix-cde

    Nix Common Development Environment

  • I don't use NixOS myself, but have Nix installed on my Mac, and it seems to provide all functionality of package or version managers I needed.

    I think though it is more complex because it is a programming language that provides this functionality instead of purpose build tool like asdf.

    For my needs I created a framework for development: https://github.com/takeda/nix-cde to avoid cruft of including the same things over and over in my projects.

  • nixml

    NIX + YAML for easy to use reproducible environments

  • Some people are doing these kind of wrappers, for example: https://github.com/luispedro/nixml

    Machine learning people usually use anaconda which is all sorts of mess... But honestly yeah, I think it's worthwhile to invest learning nix for simply guaranteeing your environment still works for years to come and isn't affected by side-effects (some package outside of your environment description actually is causing the thing to work, or some thing outside the environment is making the thing not work).

  • tldr

    📚 Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands

  • fnm

    🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust

  • This looks really promising. I love seeing these tools written in languages other than the thing they're targeting.

    As an example I use fnm (https://github.com/Schniz/fnm) for managing JavaScript versions. It runs so fast (compared to nvm) I'm inclined to think something went wrong and it silently failed, but it never does!

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