pac

A GUI for the Arch Linux package manager pacman built with Electron, React, Redux & CSS Modules.

Ideas used

This project uses a topical directory structure.

Libraries used

React
Redux
"Vanilla" Webpack HMR Hot Reloading for Redux as demonstrated here.
CSS Modules.
redux-saga for async side effects
mocha with power-assert (tried AVA but watch reload is too slow for now)
soon: Enzyme for testing react components
recompose to exclusively use stateless functional components

run it

npm install
build the app with npm build:prod
start the app with npm start

develop it

npm install
watch the app with npm watch:dev
start the app with npm start:dev in another terminal

How it works

it calls pacman commands with node exec.
that's why you have to start the thing with sudo. Got a better idea? :)

Contributing

PRs are very welcome. Either come up with your own ideas or take a look at the existing issues. There are some ideas waiting to be explored. :)