Which API do you like better? | Dagger | Page 1

lethal basin Jan 24, 2024, 4:57 PM

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Interesting question. I can definitely see the appeal of both. I would personally lean towards the first option I think

sleek pond Jan 24, 2024, 5:01 PM

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Interesting... care to elaborate why?

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I can also argue for both, but most of all, I'm looking for consistency across various packaging solutions.

The second one is more like how Dagger publishes containers today.

lethal basin Jan 24, 2024, 5:03 PM

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In general I've approached modules that wrap tools to expose an API that resembles the underlying tool. But that might just be my personal preference 🙂

sleek pond Jan 24, 2024, 5:05 PM

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Hm, yes, that's another interesting topic. That's been my approach as well, but lately I feel the need for "higher level" modules.

Example of that:

arc: "low level" module wrapping an archiver tool called arc: https://github.com/sagikazarmark/daggerverse/tree/main/arc

archivist: "high level" module built for reuse (eg. implements a simple interface): https://github.com/sagikazarmark/daggerverse/tree/main/archivist

#Which API do you like better?