systemquery/README.md

# systemquery

> Distributed system information query tool.


## FAQ

### Q: I see a scary native binary build system in the development dependencies!
A: You're probably referring to [esbuild](https://esbuild.github.io/). If you install systemquery from npm, the build steps for the client-side javascript will already have been completed, thereby negating the need to install a native binary.

The advantage of using a build system for the client-side browser resources is significantly improved performance. With this approach, we get the benefit of a build system without needing to install a native binary on target machines which might be incompatible with the host machine's CPU architecture.


## Useful Links

 - [jpake](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jpake) - ~~in case our STARTTLS-based idea doesn't work~~ it didn't work :-/
 - [sql.js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/sql.js) - pure JS version of SQLite3 compiled with emscripten
     - This avoids the compiling-on-install problem may encounter with the regular `better-sqlite3` package.
Add README 2021-10-01 01:50:07 +00:00			`# systemquery`

			`> Distributed system information query tool.`




Add initial client-side system Looks like esbuild is shaping up to be just the thing we need, and wow is it fast! Still ned to figure out how to get it to not mangle the index.html filename, but still! 2022-02-22 03:01:39 +00:00			`## FAQ`

			`### Q: I see a scary native binary build system in the development dependencies!`
			`A: You're probably referring to [esbuild](https://esbuild.github.io/). If you install systemquery from npm, the build steps for the client-side javascript will already have been completed, thereby negating the need to install a native binary.`

			`The advantage of using a build system for the client-side browser resources is significantly improved performance. With this approach, we get the benefit of a build system without needing to install a native binary on target machines which might be incompatible with the host machine's CPU architecture.`


Add README 2021-10-01 01:50:07 +00:00			`## Useful Links`

Update README 2022-01-05 20:08:40 +00:00			`- [jpake](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jpake) - ~~in case our STARTTLS-based idea doesn't work~~ it didn't work :-/`
README: Add link to sql.js for the next step we're probably gonna want to make extensive use of it 2022-01-27 01:21:50 +00:00			`- [sql.js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/sql.js) - pure JS version of SQLite3 compiled with emscripten`
			- This avoids the compiling-on-install problem may encounter with the regular `better-sqlite3` package.