Bower is great if you need to install jQuery or one of its plugins, or another very popular JS framework.
When you get into smaller modules, persistence, recursive or deep dependency trees, versioning, automated bundling (i.e. no manual "config" files), etc. then bower is not a strong choice.
When you get into smaller modules, persistence, recursive or deep dependency trees, versioning, automated bundling (i.e. no manual "config" files), etc. then bower is not a strong choice.
A good writeup here: https://github.com/bionode/bionode/issues/9#issuecomment-495...