Day 5-6: Who downloads my unfinished npm package?!
Arnaud Dagnelies
Posted on September 25, 2022
So, last Friday, I published my first npm package. Honestly, it was kind of unfinished ...heck, I didn't even try to see if it works properly!
But it does not matter, right? After all, nobody knows about this package. At least, nobody should know about it. I expected a 0 download rate for some time.
However, after some weekend time to spend some together with my family and have a break, I looked at this package again. Because of this 100DaysOfCode challenge, I thought "let's do a little bit today anyway", and what I saw surprised me greatly!
Who the heck is downloading my module?! I did not advertise it anywhere. Not a word, except my post two days ago that was seen by "< 25" people as they put it, probably a gentle way to describe it to not depress the writers when the view count is a single digit on the lower end.
So almost nobody should be aware of it. Even the docs are lacking, a starter example is missing ...I don't even know if it works as intended since this whole npm publishing is a little new to me. I just know for example that the minimized browser link was not available, and after trying it to fix today, noticed that the minimized removed too much stuff. ...but the mystery of who downloaded it and how they arrived there remains.
At least, now I know I should hurry up in the next days to make it functional. ;P
Edit:
26.09 weekly downloads: 134
Posted on September 25, 2022
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