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Pros of InSpec
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      Best package management system for javascript
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      Open-source
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      Great community
    • 148
      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 InSpec
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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 InSpec?

      It is an open-source testing framework for infrastructure with a human- and machine-readable language for specifying compliance, security and policy requirements.

      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 InSpec and npm?
      Serverspec
      With Serverspec, you can write RSpec tests for checking your servers are configured correctly. Serverspec tests your servers’ actual state by executing command locally, via SSH, via WinRM, via Docker API and so on.
      RSpec
      Behaviour Driven Development for Ruby. Making TDD Productive and Fun.
      Ansible
      Ansible is an IT automation tool. It can configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate more advanced IT tasks such as continuous deployments or zero downtime rolling updates. Ansible’s goals are foremost those of simplicity and maximum ease of use.
      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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