yarn vs npm

[ryannealmes]

I see you guys have added yarn to the repo. Is yarn not an npm replacement? npm install is still used to setup the project not yarn.

Is there a reason for this? Just trying to learn/understand why it's being used. My own reading hasn't given enough information to come to my own conclusion.

Thanks.

[nickytonline]

@ryannealmes, yarn is the way going forward, but you're not forced into using it at the moment. You can use npm or yarn if you're using this project.

The only time you need to use yarn right now is if you contribute to the project and add/remove/update a package because the yarn.lock file needs to be updated and our CI uses yarn.

We should probably updated the docs to say you can install via yarn or npm.

[ryannealmes]

Great thanks! That answers my question.

[coryhouse]

Good question @ryannealmes. I left it out of docs since it's totally optional and will stay that way. I figure anyone who has questions about what Yarn is doesn't need it. It's just a nice convenience/time saver.