Slow Shell initialization: Why not mention Volta.sh in addition to asdf-vm?

[devinrhode2]

I was trying to track down a discussion around this change:
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@gregvanl
Is there any reason not to mention Volta for managing node versions, in addition to asdf?

I'm trying to decided which one is better :)

[gregvanl]

Hi @devinrhode2,
The asdf recommendation came from a VS Code engineer and unfortunately I don't know how it compares to other Node.js package managers such as Volta.
If you find out that Volta has advantages, we could add a mention as well.

[devinrhode2]

Can you try asking/@mentioning them here?

[gregvanl]

Hi @devinrhode2 I reached out to the VS Code engineers and no one had used Volta. The person who recommended asdf reiterated that they thought it was "great".
To learn what other people are using, you could try Stack Overflow.

[devinrhode2]

I figured an interesting way to try and "compare" the two would be to search each other's github repos for the name of the other tool, but, I only found one somewhat interesting thread: volta-cli/volta#282

Here's a good list of alternatives: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-environment/javascript/nodejs-on-wsl#alternative-version-managers (volta, nvm, fnm... and more!)

I think instead of recommending asdf it would make more sense to link to this list

[gregvanl]

Thanks for that link and now other folks who search and find this issue can have a look.
I'm going to leave the current documentation as is since asdf is mentioned as an example ("such as asdf"), not really a firm recommendation, and it is the package manager that the VS Code team has had experience with.