Brainstorming: What should Javascript support look like?

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@Jeff

I think this is a great line of thinking, but I actually think it should be a bit more generic so that a JavaScript+python+rust devshell is easy and possible.

The vast vast vast majority of my time on nix has been working to make a better devshell. So at some point I’ll have a lot of say about that on aux.

@Jeff

It would be really nice to have presets, like the typescript starter kit, a base-unix tools starter kit, a python venv starter kit, etc where those three things kits can be listed/combined, and then the devshell just has all the expected CLI tools and makes-sense defaults.

Oooh, you’ve got me thinking about module-based devshells now… that’s a fun one to explore maybe.

@Jeff

If you mean like package manegment stuff, dont need any! This is why I use deno .

I was thinking more along the lines of “what does it take to make a derivation that packages an app that runs with Deno”, ie. a mkDenoPackage of sorts - AIUI that might mean some form of dependency vendoring, although I’m not familiar enough with Deno to say for sure.