node-dependencies-view
Dev tools
dependency visualisation
SHOW HN2017
56points
6comments
#739of 2,242 in 2017
Top 33%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea; the thread includes a local run guide
From 1 comment
Nice one. Glitch (the hosting service) is returning 504 errors, but it's easy to run it locally: ``` cd /tmp git clone https://github.com/fiatjaf/node-dependencies-view.git cd…
me_bx on HN
Objections
SVG output too wide for repos with many modules
From 1 comment
Nice one. Glitch (the hosting service) is returning 504 errors, but it's easy to run it locally: ``` cd /tmp git clone https://github.com/fiatjaf/node-dependencies-view.git cd…
me_bx on HN
Fails to render when a required module is not found
From 1 comment
Nice one. Glitch (the hosting service) is returning 504 errors, but it's easy to run it locally: ``` cd /tmp git clone https://github.com/fiatjaf/node-dependencies-view.git cd…
me_bx on HN
Hosted Glitch instance returned 504 errors
From 1 comment
Nice one. Glitch (the hosting service) is returning 504 errors, but it's easy to run it locally: ``` cd /tmp git clone https://github.com/fiatjaf/node-dependencies-view.git cd…
me_bx on HN
Requests
More space-efficient vertical or left-to-right layout
From 2 comments
Nice one. Glitch (the hosting service) is returning 504 errors, but it's easy to run it locally: ``` cd /tmp git clone https://github.com/fiatjaf/node-dependencies-view.git cd…
me_bx on HNLooks like: ``` graph [rankdir = "LR"] ``` I often skim the Gallery looking for an example that roughly like something I want and then click to view its source. In this case this…
WorldMaker on HN
Graceful fallback for missing modules
From 1 comment
Nice one. Glitch (the hosting service) is returning 504 errors, but it's easy to run it locally: ``` cd /tmp git clone https://github.com/fiatjaf/node-dependencies-view.git cd…
me_bx on HN
Questions
Why not recursively traverse package.json files on the client instead of server-side downloads
From 1 comment
Question: How is your approach better than just recursively traversing package.json files? Seems like you're downloading a lot of stuff onto your server when you could keep it…
api_or_ipa on HN
Alternatives named
fogleman/GraphLayout
From 1 comment
I recently came across a neat graph project, which could help you solve part of the problem. https://github.com/fogleman/GraphLayout via https://www.michaelfogleman.com/
joshka on HN