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Lars
@webpro.nl

✂️ What goes into dependencies vs devDependencies? Anyone wrote the go-to article? Could image there's like only a few clear strategies most projects could agree on. Jotted down this reply, but would be great to be able to link to something less scrappy/informal. → github.com/webpro-nl/kn...

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Lars
@webpro.nl

LOL not the TLDR web dev newsletter arriving 17 minutes later containing an article titled "Dependencies vs. devDependencies for JavaScript apps"... It's a good article and covers a fair amount of grounds: → angelika.me/2024/11/11/d... (also cc-ing @hirok.io re. last week's convo)

angelika.meDependencies vs. devDependencies for JavaScript apps | Angelika.meWhenever I'm adding a new dependency to a JavaScript app, or setting up the build process of a new app, I ask myself: what exactly are devDependencies? It's time to answer that question in depth.
Dor Shinar
@dorshinar.me

> There's probably no require("autoprefixer") or import * from "postcss" in your source code. This is the criteria I go with If I import it in my code it’s a production dependency, otherwise dev dependency

Lars
@webpro.nl

Yes, same. It's also the hard line that Knip draws: production source code import only production dependencies.