I am using Laravel Mix v4. I am having a hard time to understand which packages should be in devDependencies vs dependencies (in package.json).
"devDependencies": {
"axios": "^0.17",
"bootstrap-sass": "^3.3.7",
"cross-env": "^5.1",
"jquery": "^3.2",
"laravel-mix": "^4.0",
"lodash": "^4.17.4",
"resolve-url-loader": "2.3.1",
"sass": "^1.17.0",
"sass-loader": "7.*",
"vue": "^2.5.7",
"vue-template-compiler": "^2.6.6"
},
"dependencies": {
"laravel-echo": "^1.5.2",
"popper.js": "^1.14.7",
"pusher-js": "^4.3.1",
"vue-resource": "^1.5.1",
"webpack-s3-plugin": "^1.0.3"
}
when I run npm run dev or npm run production, how does Laravel mix know should it get devDependencies or should it only get dependencies.
FYI, I would need the following package only
axios (to make ajax call)
laravel-mix (so it would work when i run npm run dev/prod)
lodash ( it is in resources/assets/js/bootstrap.js , dont know what it does to my project)
vue
laravel-echo (to use with pusher)
popper ( it is in resources/assets/js/bootstrap.js , dont know what it does to my project)
pusher-js (used with laravel-echo)
webpack-s3-plugin (publish to s3)
I dont know what the rest are for? Some were added automatically when I first ran npm run dev.
With webpack basically all your dependencies can be in the devDependencies. The reason for this is that you use webpack to compile everything done to a single file (js/app.js). So your browser only needs that js/app.js file and the rest is not needed. However you do need it to compile everything done to a single file. So just devDependencies should be good enough ;)
Although this is true, I would argue that some dependencies should move to devDependnecies.
A good example testing libraries. If you build your js files without the --production flag, then these will be included in the compiled file.
Please note that the npm run production script will just compile the assets. Don't confuse it with npm install --production will just fetch the dependencies. It is your responsibility to make the scripts compiling with the correct dependencies installed each time
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