Blog on ASDF

Author: ImFlog

config.toml

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 mastodon_username = "ImFlog"
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content/_index.md

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 I am a passionate software engineer that works on various stuff going from architecture and distributed systems to infrastructure.
 
 I am also the maintainer of the Open Source Project [Kafka Schema Registry Plugin](https://github.com/ImFlog/schema-registry-plugin).
-A blog post is coming soon to explain what the project is and open source project management in general.
 
 To reach me, follow the links above.
 

content/posts/asdf.md

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+title="Managing tooling version with ASDF"
+date=2023-12-09
+
+[taxonomies]
+categories = ["Tips", "Tooling"]
+tags = ["ASDF"]
+
+[extra]
+comments = true
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+
+# The local tooling problem
+I always had issues with managing the versions of the tools I use on my computer.
+Working on multiple projects, open and private sources implies that some tools are not all stuck on the same version.
+So I often end up needing to support multiple versions of the same tool on my computer.
+For example, I usually need to support multiple versions of languages : Go, Python, Java, NodeJS to name a few,
+but also tools like Terraform, Ansible, MySQL, Postgres ...
+
+So I started to use different tools to handler this:
+* [GVM](https://github.com/moovweb/gvm) for Go
+* [Pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv) for Python
+* [SDKMAN](https://sdkman.io/) for Java
+* [NVM](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) for NodeJS
+* [Tfenv](https://github.com/tfutils/tfenv) for Terraform
+* ...
+
+And everything worked fine, but everytime I had to use a new language or tool (recently done some Rust for instance), 
+I had to find yet another tool. And I had to remember to update them from time to time.
+
+# Introducing ASDF
+That when I found [ASDF](https://asdf-vm.com/): "The Multiple Runtime Version Manager".
+As the name implies it's a tool to allow you to manage multiple versions of your runtimes with one tool.
+
+So I gave it a go, and I was not disappointed. After installing it using `brew install asdf`, 
+I was able to install the plugins that I needed, they are all listed in [specific GitHub repository](https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-plugins).
+You can run a single command to install a plugin and then you can install specific runtime version pretty easily:
+```bash
+asdf plugin add golang
+asdf golang install 1.21.1
+```
+
+And boom I have a new version of Go installed on my computer.
+
+## Using ASDF in your projects
+After you have access to a new version of a runtime, you need to be able to use it in your projects.
+With tools like nvm, you could define a specific `.nvmrc` file in your project to specify the version of NodeJS to use.
+ASDF has a similar feature, you can create a `.tool-versions` file in your project and specify the version of the runtime to use:
+`asdf local golang 1.21.1` for instance will be responsible to populate the `.tool-versions` file with the correct version of Go.
+No more need to create multiple file named differently for each tool as everything is centralized in one file.
+
+## Easy migration
+Adopting a new tool can be challenging in a team, but ASDF makes it easy.
+Indeed, most of the plugins support the non asdf version of the version definition.
+For instance for Go, you can use the `go.mod` file to specify the version of Go to use and ASDF will use it to install the correct version.
+`.nvmrc` is also supported for NodeJS for instance and so on.
+
+That means that you can start using ASDF in your project without forcing your team to install it 🤩
+
+## Conclusion
+ASDF is now one of the first thing I install on a new computer, it's so easy to switch tool version that I can't live without it anymore.
+I encourage you to give it a go, and if you have any question, feel free to ask them in the comments.
+
+Flo.