mrcjkb 2 days ago

Lux helps you install and create/maintain packages. Linting is a useful step in the creation of packages.

Pip lets you create virtual environments. Does that mean it's an environment manager, not a package manager?

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  • Crestwave 2 days ago

    It doesn't, no? You create virtual environments using Python's venv module, not pip. The newer alternatives like uv do handle it, though.

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    • mrcjkb 2 days ago

      Right, my bad. Still, being able to do more to aid the creation and maintenance of packages than just install packages doesn't make something "not a package manager".

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      • Lyngbakr 2 days ago

        It's like a package manager on steroids!

        When I tried using Gleam, I loved that it came with all the basic tooling I needed and that's what I think is so wonderful about Lux. I don't want to spend my time fiddling around with setting up all the individual tools — I just want to write code. For me, Lux makes the broader experience around building Lua projects a lot more enjoyable.

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        • MomsAVoxell 2 days ago

          I’ve come to using turboLua as my main Lua ‘Swiss army tool’, since it comes with so many things built-in, on top of a fairly functional luajit 2.0.

          https://turbo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

          If I can get lux to deal with the package management scenarios around a few turboLua projects, I’m pretty sure I’m going to ship much more Lua code next year.

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