K Adam White kadamwhite

original outline

We architect applications for transparency and intercommunication, but our community is silo'd
Grunt vs Gulp, etc are false dichotomies
Many/most of us are in this business because we found a welcoming community: key component of the open part of open source
Current landscape appears sectarian, polarizing
We are not in opposing castles, we are living in cities inextricably linked by trade routes
We should take a step back and re-architect our community, with the same mindfulness we take in our applications
But in the community, two modules (groups) that do similar things are a strength: competition used to be considered a good thing! We wouldn't have Ember, Angular, etc or any of the others if it existed in isolation. Backbone is still relevant, and still inspiring new ideas (look at ampersand, new developments in marionette)
Relevancy and utility are not correlated to novelty

for q1, I've seen plugins that support eg

taskname: {
  options: {
    some: 'opts'
  },
  target1: {
 src: []

	{
	"name": "dream-speedrun",
	"description": "Run through dream.js as fast as possible",
	"main": "speedrun.js",
	"scripts": {
	"start": "node speedrun.js"
	},
	"license": "WTFPL"
	}

	// Declaring a variable of type PImage
	PImage img;

	// Define a function to turn an X and Y value into a one-dimensional
	// array index, for use with acquiring individual pixels from the image
	int getPixelIndex( int x, int y ) {
	// Images are a set width: for each increase in y, we've
	// effectively gone one width to the right and then wrapped
	// around to the next line. Multiply the width by the number
	// of times that wrapping has occurred (which line we are on,

	at BackboneConf you mentioned that Marionette was likely going to drop down to just 2 layout primitives, iirc

	jmeas 19 minutes ago
	ya. hopefully!

	kadamwhite 19 minutes ago
	Is the idea there that you’ll deprecate two of the existing ones, or will there be a migration to a new thing?
	(trying to decide whether to recommend Marionette on a project with a highly-nested UI)

	jmeas 18 minutes ago

	function Numbers( arr ) {
	this.numbers = arr;
	this.length = arr.length;
	}

	Numbers.prototype.wrapIdx = function( idx ) {
	if ( 0 <= idx && idx < this.length ) {
	return idx;
	}
	if ( idx >= this.length ) {

	var diff = require('child_process').spawn('git', [
	'diff',
	'--name-only'
	]);

	diff.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
	var files = data.toString().split('\n').filter(function(val) {
	// Filter out ""
	return val;
	});

	Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was
	a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established
	German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic
	organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad,
	particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg
	Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and over
	three hundred sacred cantatas of which nearly two hundred survive. His music
	is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach