Created at 660 days ago

Do "dependencies" and "devDependencies" matter when using build tools?

npm is widely used for non Node projects, the differentiation between dependencies and devDependencies does not necessarily apply. In many frontend projects, all code served to the browser is compiled by the build tools like webpack, there are no runtime dependencies. This would mean that there are no dependencies, only devDependencies – all dependencies are included in the build done during development. This is how Vue.js and React specify their dependencies