Experience-Monks/devtool

File size concern

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#22 opened on Jan 25, 2016

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Description

This is a general concern that I've felt since building hihat and using it as a local dependency across multiple modules/projects. It feels pretty "dirty" to bring in a 100+ mb dependency just to add smoke tests for WebGL or what have you.

I don't see any clean/easy fix, and Electron file size is going to continue to grow as Chromium does too.

Feel free to brainstorm...

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Tech stack
javascriptelectronnodejs
Domain
developer experiencetooling
Issue type
research
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
under 1 hour
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
None
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
20
Research direction
Review the existing comments on the issue for potential suggestions. Investigate alternatives to Electron for lightweight devtools, such as using a headless browser or Node.js debugging protocol. Since the repository is marked obsolete, consider whether the issue is still relevant and propose closing it if no action is needed.