This document discusses Ender, a package manager for the frontend. Ender allows developers to combine JavaScript packages into a single resource using a familiar API. It provides dependency management, searching, and info commands. Ender uses the npm network and package.json files to manage packages. It aims to be more than just a JavaScript library or npm by supporting non-microlib packages and a familiar frontend development workflow.

1. pkg mgmt w/ Ender

2. Who?
@FAT - github.com/fat
@DED - github.com/ded

3. What?
a package manager for the frontend

4. What?
cli + optional client lib

5. What not?
not just a JavaScript library

6. What not?
not only for microlibs

7. What not?
not just npm

8. How?
uses the npm network
$ ender build underscore

9. How?
combines packages into single resource

10. How?
a familiar api
var _ = require('underscore')
$.extend({}, { ... })

11. 5 things
module.exports

12. !function () {
var module = { exports: {} }, exports = module.exports
!function () {
// your package here...
module.exports = 'draw me like one of your french girls'
}()
provide('snorlax', module.exports)
}()

13. 5 things
dependency management
$ ender build backbone

14. 5 things
ender info
$ ender build jeesh backbone
$ ender info

15. Welcome to ENDER - The no-library library
-----------------------------------------
Your current build type is "build"
Your current library size is 31.6 kb
Active packages:
jeesh@0.0.6 - The official starter pack for Ender.
| domready@0.2.10 - bullet proof DOM ready method
| qwery@2.2.5 - blazing fast CSS3 query selector engine
| bonzo@0.7.0 - Library agnostic, extensible DOM utility
| bean@0.2.7 - an events api for javascript
backbone@0.5.3 - Give your JS App some Backbone....
underscore@1.1.7 - JavaScript's functional programming...

16. 5 things
ender search
$ ender search events

17. Ender tagged results:
--------------------------
+ events.node - Node.JS events module (packaged for Node.JS and Ender.JS)
by @coolaj86
+ bean - an events api for javascript
by @ded & @fat
NPM general results: (5 of 46)
--------------------------
+ events - Node's event emitter for all engines.
by @gozala

18. 5 things
package.json

19. {
"name": "jeesh",
"description": "The official starter pack for Ender.",
"version": "0.0.6",
"authors": ["Dustin Diaz <@ded>", "Jacob Thornton <@fat>"],
"keywords": ["ender", "jeesh"],
"homepage": "https://github.com/ender-js/jeesh",
"dependencies": {
"domready": "*",
"qwery": "*",
"bonzo": "*",
"bean": "*"
}
}

20. get involved
ender.no.de
github.com/ender-js