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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:03:40 -0700
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Subject: Re: Platform-level command line scripts ;)
From: Brian LeRoux <b@brian.io>
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YES. Do it.

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Filip Maj <fil@adobe.com> wrote:
> Hai gaiz!
>
> Main contention between the two "camps" in this debate is four vs eight
> scripts.. But Brian points out that refactoring smaller bits of
> functionality into their own script allows us to "have our cake and eat i=
t
> too". This, in turn, results in four + (a subset of the 8) =3D 10 scripts=
 in
> total.. Which is an argument for just starting with smaller more discrete
> scripts to begin with, lol.
>
> How about this as a middle ground:
>
> - under /cordova/ we have the four scripts Anis/Andrew recommend: clean,
> log, build and run. These call into various scripts under cordova/lib,
> such as..
> - under /cordova/lib we have the ~6 scripts I recommended: build-debug,
> build-release, start-emulator, deploy-device, deploy-emulator, and
> possibly a list-devices one as well.
>
> The final point is nailing what `run` does, step-by-step. Paraphrasing
> Anis:
>
> If device(s) connected:
> * Pick device (ignore emulators).
> * Prompt, timeout and pick first one (5 to 10 seconds) if multiple device=
s
> are connected (ignore emulators).
>
> If device(s) not connected:
> * Emulator if it is running
> * Prompt, timeout and pick first one (5 to 10 seconds) if multiple
> emulators are running.
> * Start emulator. If you have multiple ones set up (Android's case),
> prompt, timeout and launch first one (5 to 10 seconds).
>
> Yes/no/discuss. Let's try to get to a consensus :)
>
>
> On 3/21/13 5:29 PM, "Brian LeRoux" <b@brian.io> wrote:
>
>>I knew you'd bring that up! We'll talk more tmrw.
>>
>>On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.kadri@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> =C5=A0or you can have functions do discrete actions like so:
>>>
>>>
>>>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=3Dcordova-android.git;a=3Dblob=
;f=3Dbi
>>>n/templates/cordova/cordova;h=3D1945a4c45f835a6eab3836c4154e518b902d88c6=
;hb
>>>=3DHEAD
>>>
>>> =C5=A0instead of creating more inodes.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Brian LeRoux <b@brian.io> wrote:
>>>
>>>> > You could make more scripts as helper scripts, but I still think
>>>>that it
>>>> > will be confusing if a user types "ls" and sees a large number of
>>>> scripts,
>>>> > having to guess what each of them does.
>>>>
>>>> Put them in a subdir called ./lib and be done w/ it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > I don't think having more scripts will make it more likely that the
>>>> scripts
>>>> > will be consistent across platforms.
>>>>
>>>> Ah, but having smaller responsibilities for a module of code makes it
>>>> more testable in discreet form making it easier to confirm said
>>>> suspicions.
>>>>
>