[noob question] Node JS with TiddlyDesktop confusion

[_Phi / hpx1]

Hi,

help me dispel some confusion :

I first installed TW5 using npm, and served it via NodeJS because I wanted to have multiple *.tid files rather than one unique html file (see my last question below).

My 'tiddlywiki.info' had a couple of plugins, themes, options. Back then, I was using Firefox to access the TW on localhost.

But after a while, I started to exclusively use TiddlyDesktop to launch my TW folder without ever starting the nodeJS server.

So far, it works, all tiddlers get saved in a separated .tid file almost instantly.

Whenever I install plugins via drag-n-drop, they are also saved in the TW folder in separate files.

So all in all, this seems to be the perfect solution... but it's probably too easy so I suspect I'm doing it wrong.

It seems the correct and official way to install plugins on NodeJS is to declare the new plugins in the tiddlywiki.info file every time (which I never do).

Is there a specific reason why this is better than the drag n drop in my situation (where I use TiddlyDesktop only) ?

Will I run into some troubles in the long run and why ?

Is this a valid use case to create a NodeJS TW installation to get multi-files feature, but use it as a standalone offline wiki wia tiddlydesktop ?

last question :

initially, I wanted to have separate *.tid files for backup purposes but also for editing.

I was hoping to create and edit new tiddlers using external text editors (by using a templated header) : is there anything else to do aside from saving the tiddler with the correct header (say from Sublime Text or Atom) and then refresh the wiki ? is this a common/approved workflow for TW5 ?

thanks !

Phi