Should this be used in place of hayes0724 / shopify-webpack-themekit?

[adrianocr]

There seems to be a lot of overlap between the two and I'm not fully understanding where one should take the place of the other?

[adrianocr]

Seems like hayes0724/shopify-webpack-themekit is more or less just a pre-defined theme type of setup whereas hayes0724/shopify-packer is trying to be a Slate replacement.

[hayes0724]

shopify-webpack-themekit is a webpack setup I used for many years (pre Slate) where everything (build tools, theme, etc) are all in one repo. When Slate was released there were several features I liked and wanted to add to shopify-webpack-themekit. Installing as a global node module that can be configured in a separate repo was a key feature that required a complete rebuild of the project. I created shopify-packer for this purpose and maintain both. shopify-webpack-themekit receives backports from hayes0724/shopify-packer since they are mostly compatible.

hayes0724/shopify-packer

• Drop in replacement for Slate (good for team projects where other members have Slate experience)
• Build tools are separate from theme (@hayes0724/packer-blank-theme)
• Easier to update existing projects
• Easy to use with existing themes
• Base theme is separate and not required
• CLI tools for common tasks (theme create, list, init, download, zip)

hayes0724/shopify-webpack-themekit

• Single repo for build and project
• Receives backports from packer
• Easier to edit build directly
• Harder to update previous build portion projects (since build and project are in the same repo)
• Hard to work with existing sites
• No CLI Tools