jqpm v0.0.1

jqpm

jQuery Package Manager. Or, package manager for jQuery plugins.

Or just jqpm.

Wait, what?

Yep, that's correct. While jQuery might not have a central plugin repository (yet <http://plugins.jquery.com/>), there is always GitHub <http://github.com>.

jqpm will use it to find plugins you request and install them. For example::

$ jqpm install flot

installs the Flot <http://code.google.com/p/flot/>_ charting library, placing jquery.flot.js inside current directory.

Okay...

Like any package manager worth its salt, jqpm also lets you keep up with changes to stuff you have installed::

$ jqpm update

To accomplish that, a .jqpm directory is created that holds information about installed plugins. Make sure it's part of version control!

Is that even serious?

Maybe :-) I implemented it mostly for fun, as an experiment and simple exercise in several technologies I wanted to try out. But hey, it's totally possible it proves to be at least somewhat useful!

And if I want to try it...

...you should have node.js and npm.

The preferred way for jqpm is to install it globally::

$ sudo npm install jqpm -g

Alternatively, you can install it locally and add symlink/alias to jqpm binary::

$ cd ~
$ npm install jqpm

::

$ ln -s ~/node_modules/jqpm/bin/jqpm ~/bin/jqpm  # provided ~/bin is in $PATH
$ echo "alias jqpm=~/node_modules/jqpm/bin/jqpm" >> ~/.bash_aliases