Replace node with nvm

[mandrean]

• Add NVM instead of just node. NVM then installs the latest stable node.

[angusfretwell]

I think this should be append_to_zshrc

[mandrean]

@angusfretwell sorry about that! fixed + squashed commits

[bayleedev]

Node was already included, but python was not. Should these be separate pull requests?

[mandrean]

@blainesch Could you be more specific? This PR is more about installing node via nvm instead of just getting the latest version from homebrew. Devs often have to switch between different node versions...

[bayleedev]

I'm suggesting adding pyenv should be it's own pull request. Node was previously installed by laptop, so that's an upgrade. Python was not, so that's a new feature.

[mandrean]

I see! I can do that, np.

[mandrean]

@blainesch Sorry for late response! Forgot about this. OK now?

[andersonvom]

We're already using rbenv and are about to add pyenv, so for consistency, wouldn't it be better to use nodenv instead of nvm?

[mandrean]

@andersonvom I disagree... NVM is pretty much the golden standard these days with ~16 000 stars on GitHub vs nodenv with ~300.

Not that it's always a good metric to use, but I think in this case it really speaks against nodenv.

[croaky]

We used to have nvm in Laptop and removed it in #363. Asking around to see if others are using nvm at the moment.

[matchatype]

I do use it

[AlJohri]

I use nodenv regularly and its very stable, installable via homebrew (unlike nvm), and has feature parity with pyenv and rbenv which made scripting and usage easier for me.

eval "$(pyenv init -)"
pyenv install --skip-existing 2.7.13
pyenv install --skip-existing 3.6.1
pyenv global 3.6.1 2.7.13
pyenv rehash

eval "$(rbenv init -)"
rbenv install --skip-existing 2.4.1
rbenv global 2.4.1
rbenv rehash

eval "$(nodenv init -)"
nodenv install --skip-existing 7.7.4
nodenv global 7.7.4
nodenv rehash

[dplummer]

This needs to come before nvm install stable or you won't be able to find the nvm command

[mandrean]

@dplummer not true. However, stable has been deprecated lately and should be replaced with node which it is currently an alias for.

[derekprior]

I'm working on a branch to use asdf for version management. This will let us use one version manager for a whole host of languages and prevent us from having to install a new one with its own conventions for every language we get interested in.

[derekprior]

See #502

[croaky]

https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-plugins Node listed as supported.