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by gren 4318 days ago
The install procedure is a bit complex, this should just be done with a "npm install -g ..".

Especially the install.sh only works on Linux.

Otherwise very cool idea :-)
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hnnewguy 4318 days ago
As a person with a penchant for data, but with limited coding experience, I agree.

I have hard time reconciling:

"Don't know how to code? That's fine."

With:

"The code is available on Github, and that's where you should start. Just clone the repo and run the installation script located at root."

I think you seriously overestimate the layman's abilities here. Is this for programming laymen? Github is one of the last things people learn, for better or worse.

Intriguing, nonetheless. Will follow.

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5c2v 4318 days ago
PS: I just created an issue on github to adress your remark: https://github.com/BBC-News-Labs/datastringer/issues/11

Feel free to contribute :)

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qmaxquique 4317 days ago
I just created a Terminal.com snapshot with DataStringer ready to use. You may want to give a try at https://terminal.com/tiny/eFW4xKrxZJ
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5c2v 4318 days ago
Yes, we are still a bit new with Node and the best practices when it comes to installation process. I went for what came in mind immediately, but there's obviously room for improvement. Any thoughts or comments are welcome! Thank you :)
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basilesimon 4318 days ago
Hehe, yes, there's an opened issue about the install process on Mac - we couldn't perform tests over the weekend!

Cron wouldn't work on Windows either, by the way.

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