Build system

[silverwind]

Regarding a build system, I see two possibilties:

gulp

• Upside: A lot of work can be handled by plugins.
• Downside: Streams can complicate simple tasks.
• Downside: Some tools like Perfectionist don't have have a gulp plugin.
• Downside: Can't easily work around plugin bugs.

Hand-crafted Node.js build script

• Upside: Maximum Flexibilty.
• Downside: Might have to write a bit more code.

I don't really consider Grunt anymore at this point, it just seems so alien when it comes to configuration declaration and the way plugins interact.

[SEAPUNK]

Hand-crafted scripts are so the way to go. I do not see any reason why anyone should use Gulp or Grunt at all.

Hell, Gulp and Grunt have given me more problems than any kind of hand-crafted script.

[Mottie]

Yeah, I think that is also the way to go.

[silverwind]

Okay, I'll get started on something soon, probably next weekend.