emscripten-core/emscripten

Publish emsdk on npm + integrate with npm

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#5,774 opened on Nov 13, 2017

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Description

Right now it's kind of kludgy to create npm packages that are built from C sources using Emscripten. Normally, when doing a local 'npm install', the devDependencies for the package are pulled from npm. But if Emscripten is a development dependency, people need to "manually" install emsdk, activate the right version, etc. It would be great if Emscripten could also be pulled from npm to 1) make this less kludgy 2) enable automatically activating the Emscripten/node/llvm versions required for the project in question, for example based on additional info in the package.json file.

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Research direction
Investigate existing npm package 'emsdk' and determine how to publish Emscripten SDK to npm, including version management and activation via npm scripts or lifecycle hooks.
Tech stack
ccppjavascriptnodejs
Domain
developer experiencetooling
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Mostly clear
Prerequisites
npmpackage.json
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
50