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4597 :: watchcode: not written in Nim, but at least for Nim ;)

[2019-01-27T18:06:21+01:00]

bluenote (orginal) [2019-01-27T18:06:21+01:00] view original

I have just published a small project called watchcode. As an exception, it's not a Nim project, but it was written 100% with Nim in mind ;). I was never fully satisfied with other solutions for code watching/rerunning, so I had to give it a go and I'm quite happy with the result. Maybe it is useful for other Nim developers as well.

kaushalmodi (orginal) [2019-01-27T18:27:54+01:00] view original

Curious .. what challenge did you face writing that in Nim (assuming that you first attempted writing that in Nim, but didn't work out)?

bluenote (orginal) [2019-01-27T18:37:18+01:00] view original

No particular challenge, really. In the end I went for the Python solution because (1) the problem is too trivial to require a serious language, (2) the result is arguably more accessible, (3) was a bit faster to write because the file monitoring libraries in Nim aren't quite as mature. I just wanted to have it done quickly to use it for other Nim projects.

dom96 (orginal) [2019-01-27T23:29:36+01:00] view original

This would have been a great opportunity to develop a watchdog-like package for Nim ;)

federico3 (orginal) [2019-01-28T18:49:07+01:00] view original

I wrote https://github.com/FedericoCeratto/nim-testrunner (testrunner in Nimble) for a similar use.