chajs/cha

Make task chaining.

cha's Issues

Future design

Hi there, just want to know what are the use cases for this library?

• If you want to have a task runner, there is grunt
• If you want to have a fast build tool with nested dependencies using streams, there is gulp
• If you like virtual build paths you could try fez
• Something more tree-based (seems to be a mix between grunt and fez) would be broccoli
• Mimosa is fast, very flexible and very solid, but has a bigger overhead if only being used as build tool

So now I'm trying to understand, what are the use cases for this library?

For my opinion, these are the problems with the current libraries:

• Grunt is very widely spread, but slow because of high IO.
• Gulp is very fast, but lacks in a lot of plugins that are missing.
• Fez seems to be even more dynamic, but it's very young and not widely known.
• Broccoli seems to be good for using Trees, which means you don't treat one single input stream but rather a bundle of them
• Mimosa handles RequireJS, linting, testing and all that stuff in the correct order without you needing to step in in most cases, but still provides a config to setup some special rules for your app.

Would love to get some clarifications, thanks!