Re:We're forking Flutter
by notpushkin on Monday October 28, 2024 @03:51PM
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> There's 200k weekly downloads of node on npm.
I’m pretty sure Node developers usually don’t install Node from npm.
Does nvm not use npm internally?
Github shows 98% of code is "Shell" on top of that there are also many different package managers that people use: fnm, volta that are build with rust. You can also install nodejs using homebrew.
>Does nvm not use npm internally?
No. It downloads binaries from nodejs.org. There is no "official" canonical means of managing Node versions. It's just a grab bag of community tools like NVM.
I would dare to say that average person who works with Node does not use nvm.
Really? I think it’s even recommended on the node website’s install page
Yeah. For comparison, there are 27 million weekly downloads for React.
I'm not sure what conclusions we can draw from either number.
The 2024 SO dev survey https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology/ has flutter at 10% and nodejs at 40%. Github language stats has JS about 10-15x the popularity of dart, but seeing as JS is more than just node it might pan out. https://madnight.github.io/githut/#/pull_requests/2024/1
So I guess looking at the stats 1M flutter devs is not an implausible number on its face.