Comment on Why I Left Gulp and Grunt for Npm ScriptsparentComments−Already__Taken10yIt adds yet another dependency just to get a project to initialize though which is a small negative. I guess npm needs python anyway for node-gyp but then you have to stick to python 2.−noir_lord10yI deploy dev environments via vagrant/ansible so that's a slight upfront cost but something I never have to touch.Using virtualenvs I can also keep one project isolated from another in terms of jumping around the filesystem.The convenience is a major win and since I use python for everything other than the web framework which is PHP it actually ties together nicely.Unconventional but it works really well.
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It adds yet another dependency just to get a project to initialize though which is a small negative. I guess npm needs python anyway for node-gyp but then you have to stick to python 2.
I deploy dev environments via vagrant/ansible so that's a slight upfront cost but something I never have to touch.
Using virtualenvs I can also keep one project isolated from another in terms of jumping around the filesystem.
The convenience is a major win and since I use python for everything other than the web framework which is PHP it actually ties together nicely.
Unconventional but it works really well.