B4J Question B4X Package Installer

[narek adonts]

I was thinking to create a command line package installer for B4X Libraries, Classes, Modules (ex. b4i get iGameView and it will install the librarie or b4j update all and it will update all libs,...)

Do you think it make sense?

Narek

 

[Erel]

Please don't do anything that access the forum programmatically without explicit permission.

 

[narek adonts]

Please don't do anything that access the forum programmatically without explicit permission.

No. I was thinking that the lib developer will upload the lib to the repo and the other side will install it with the package manager like in other Dev. Platforms.

What do you think?

 

[Erel]

There is a delicate point with libraries. They are restricted to licensed users. I prefer not to encourage developers to upload the libraries to other repositories.

I also don't think that updating libraries automatically is a very good idea. You should read the changes and understand whether you actually want to upgrade the library as changes can be non-backwards compatible.

 

[narek adonts]

There is a delicate point with libraries. They are restricted to licensed users. I prefer not to encourage developers to upload the libraries to other repositories.

I also don't think that updating libraries automatically is a very good idea. You should read the changes and understand whether you actually want to upgrade the library as changes can be non-backwards compatible.

I agree with you )
But as you probably know all the major dev platforms: Visual Studio, Xcode, Xamarin,... have there package managers. And I was thinking why B4X should not have also those features.
But its up to you to decide.