[NETBEANS-1711] Adding bower UI should preload all bower packages

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Next
• Component/s: javascript - Node.js
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Christian Lenz
• Created: 19/Nov/18 17:52
• Updated: 19/Nov/18 17:59

Description

Due to a similar functionality, that NetBeans scans for maven repositories and you can see all available maven dependencies, it should be possible to preload all bower packages from https://registry.bower.io before I open the adding bower UI. When I open this dialog, all packages should be available as list immediately. Depends on what information you can get but name can be enough for the whole list.

After you click on a package, you can make a new request to get the information. Descripion. latest version, all other versions, stars, etc.

This makes the UI more intuitive on searching while typing. Now I have to search for "ang", hitting search and waiting seconds to find the package that I want.

WebStorm makes the better UI for this. It preloads all and it seems so, that they really mean all bower packages (mostly only the name) and you can filter (not search) for a package which makes it more nicely. No entering, no waiting, no entering and waiting again, if you have a typo.

So this behaviour makes much more sense and less frustrating while searching.