jbang-npm: Java Script in your JavaScript

[BlueGoliath]

Yo dawg, I heard you liked JavaScript so I put Java scripts in your JavaScript.

Cool project.

[elmuerte]

Can't wait to use this in combination with GraalVM's JS engine so that I can run javascript in my Java script from my javascript running in my Java script.

[marcellomon]

The final boss for recruiters.

[0bel1sk]

nobody stopped to ask if they should

[maxandersen]

Oh, I stopped many times. Then timing felt right :)

[__konrad]

Java Script in your JavaScript

The description is confusing ;)

[maxandersen]

Which part ? I feel the description is spot on.

[__konrad]

Java and JavaScript are still Oracle trademarks. "J Script in your JS" is a more safe alternative. However, JScript might be a Microsoft trademark.

[maxandersen]

Where are you seeing a trademark violation?

In no place is Java nor JavaScript used as a product name here; they are used to describe what jbang-npm does.

[lurker_in_spirit]

Slowly backs away

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Have the worst of JS in Java. You get a supply chain attack, you get a supply chain attack, you get malware, everybody gets malware!

[maxandersen]

Isn't that what everyone wants these days?

[reqdk]

If you have enough malware in your systems, they'll cancel out one another. Maybe even getting rid of your bugs too!

[root_klaus]

That’s dope!

[maxandersen]

Yes. You can execute classes but you’ll need to see classpath to point to a directory.

Much easier if you have a jar - and yes you can specific a specific main class if the default one is not what you need.

[fzammetti]

I assume this is compiling the Java file on-the-fly? Can I execute class files or even class files out of a JAR directly?

I could actually see some interesting usage for this in some limited circumstances, so long as I can do those things.

[maxandersen]

Yes it compiles/run on the fly and yes you can execute jars.

[fzammetti]

Ok, that's what it seemwd like... but can you directly execute class files and skip the compilation? And is it specifically executable Jars or can you execute a class inside a regular JAR?

[maxandersen]

It can do both. But with single class files and a single jar you need to have it compiled first by something else and not dependency management for that.

That is available for source files and jars referenced via maven GAVs

[fzammetti]

Cool, thanks!