How to build a Nushell (Ship It! #109)
Devyn Cairns & Jakub Žádník join Justin & Autumn to talk about building a new kind of cross-platform shell that provides easy extensions with traditional command compatibility. That's no easy feat!
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- 0:00 This is Ship It!
- 0:51 The opener
- 7:16 Sponsor: Sentry
- 11:03 What is Nushell?
- 12:00 Python vs Nushell
- 13:46 Built in Rust
- 15:26 Devyn's backstory
- 17:18 PowerShell data piping?
- 19:09 SimCity IRL?
- 19:50 Jakub's backstory
- 20:51 Justin's first Nushell experience
- 23:20 Bash in your shell
- 24:25 Calling commands
- 25:26 Cross-platform testing
- 27:36 Why Nu?
- 28:05 Making contributions
- 28:56 Jakub's PhD program
- 29:18 Contribution system
- 30:10 Core commands
- 31:38 Release process
- 33:28 Shadowing releases
- 36:07 Surprising usecases
- 39:46 User spread
- 43:07 Integrating external commands
- 44:13 Getting rid of Rust?
- 47:18 Thanks for joining us!
- 48:56 Sponsor: Neon
- 54:50 The closer
- 56:25 What the distro?
- 1:12:09 Outro
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