What kind of beast?
openbase.io
«Find and compare packages with open source user feedback, categorization and unprecedented information about the popularity, reliability, packet activity, and many other"
I think that now in many programming languages have a package manager, which allows you to somehow get information about them.
How I usually choose my library
In my case, most of them are for js, so the library selection method is as follows.
- Search npm
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- readme GitHub; .
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After that, I choose a few options, quickly test them and decide which ones I will apply.
In reality, everything turns out to be not so simple: I read the Readme file, thought: “Oh, that would be useful,” but it turns out that the functions that I thought would work are not actually supported, so I have to write them myself. I always wanted to have some kind of reviews: after all, there are people who have faced similar problems before me.
Pros of openspace - Review
The openbase.io service was perfect for my research.
It fits all the points of my plan, plus there are many reviews from other users. Personally, I would like a slightly lighter color scheme of the interface, but these are little things.
The review contains impressions of use and the number of stars. The reviews themselves can also be judged by their degree of usefulness, which in turn helps to understand the value of the review itself.
For example, there are over 570 reviews on React.
【General information】
【Review】
Pros of openbase - You can find tutorials right away
There is a tutorial tab on the sidebar, which will explain everything to you in detail, including through videos on YouTube.
Pros of openbase - information on alternative packages
On the Alternatives tab there, on the sidebar, you can find libraries similar to the ones you stumbled upon at the moment. The picture below shows the results for React, no special revelations are expected, but depending on the search results, you may stumble upon interesting discoveries. I think this function has good potential, you can make your projects more original through new, non-trivial packages.
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