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Pros of CMake
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    Has package registry
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    Best package management system for javascript
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    Open-source
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    Great community
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    More packages than rubygems, pypi, or packagist
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    Nice people matter
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    As fast as yarn but really free of facebook
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    Audit feature
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    Good following
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    Super fast
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    Stability

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Cons of CMake
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      Problems with lockfiles
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      Bad at package versioning and being deterministic
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      Node-gyp takes forever
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      Super slow

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    What is CMake?

    It is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files, and generate native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler environment of the user's choice.

    What is npm?

    npm is the command-line interface to the npm ecosystem. It is battle-tested, surprisingly flexible, and used by hundreds of thousands of JavaScript developers every day.

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    What are some alternatives to CMake and npm?
    Make
    The GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Toolchain (Binutils, GDB, GLIBC)
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    Bazel is a build tool that builds code quickly and reliably. It is used to build the majority of Google's software, and thus it has been designed to handle build problems present in Google's development environment.
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    Maven allows a project to build using its project object model (POM) and a set of plugins that are shared by all projects using Maven, providing a uniform build system. Once you familiarize yourself with how one Maven project builds you automatically know how all Maven projects build saving you immense amounts of time when trying to navigate many projects.
    Git
    Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
    GitHub
    GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
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