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I liked the new idea on how to handle packages. It was one of the first frontend package managers for javascript I used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I think it lacks features, the usage is a bit cumbersome (importing through script tags for each package) no option for tree shaking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
23 out of 24 Total Reviews for Bower
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The way in which a version can be left selected by default depends on the compatibility that is needed at the time of installation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is beginning to disappear thanks to the new functionalities of other development tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I was never before use Bower because I don't know. I came to know on social media first time and I would suggest to my friends use this new package manager. It is reliable and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Before I judge like or dislike about Bower I would recommend to use myself in project then decide either it is full supported or not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like that it works on different platforms without any issues. Installing and using bower is very easy and straight-forward. It has one of the biggest repositories for various JS scripts and modules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Nothing in particular. I did not have any issues so far using bower. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Its a great robust tool for managing frontend static assets and libraries that could be a nightmare in some of the projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Umm. It should be as comprehensive as npm as mostly we're using bower side by side with npm. If bower can handle what npm does also. That'd be great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The best thing is just run the command and add any required dependency it save my time instead of searching on google Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some time i need down version but bower install latest version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It was helpful in it's time before the rise of npm, yarn and webpack. You could separate properly libraries only pertaining to front-end. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
As far as I know, it doesn't automatically installs all the dependencies that are required by the packages referenced in your code. Which is inconvenient as it puts the burden of dependency management to the user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It was easy to start working with it. It used to have available most of the libraries my project needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Many scaffolding projects stopped using bower. It was too much pain to maintain npm and bower dependencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I used bower beside npm. I liked bower because of the easy CLI and the fast dependencies update phase.
Bower helped me to maintain separated backend and frontend dependencies in NodeJS-based projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Nothing in particular, it's a valuable product IMO. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
