Working with dependencies

[Ole Ersoy]

Hi,

I was wondering whether there is a way to setup node so that all project dependencies are kept in a user repository and loaded from there?  I'd live to be able to have 2 projects, project1 and project2.  Have project 2 depend on project 1.  Then have the following workflow:

1) Update project 1

2) Install project 1 in the local repository

3) Run project 2

Project 2 will automatically get the updates from project 1 since it's reading/loading it from the local repository folder (~/.npm ... or something).

TIA and Happy New Year!

Ole

[Sam Roberts]

Its hard to understand what you mean by "depend", but check out npm
link. Sounds like it might be what you want.

[Alex Kocharin]

Hi Ole,

 

There is no such thing as "local repository".

 

If you're developing public modules, just publish them to npm registry, and run "npm update". If you're developing private modules, you might want to look at Sinopia server which provides a private npmjs registry. In any case, you will have to run "npm update" when you publish a module.

 

That said, it is possible to achieve something like that using symlinks. Just create a link from project2/node_modules/project1 pointing at project1. "npm link" does something similar.

 

 

// alex

 

01.01.2014, 02:04, "Ole Ersoy" <ole....@gmail.com>:

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[Ole Ersoy]

Hi Alex and Sam,

Thanks - Those two options will definitely do the trick. I usually work with java, so I'm used to Maven which downloads all the dependencies into one central repsitory, and loads dependencies from there.

I'm curious as to whether there are any drawbacks to doing something similar with node?

Thanks again,
- Ole

On 12/31/2013 04:19 PM, Alex Kocharin wrote:
> Hi Ole,
> There is no such thing as "local repository".
> If you're developing public modules, just publish them to npm registry, and run "npm update". If you're developing private modules, you might want to look at Sinopia server which provides a private npmjs registry. In any case, you will have to run "npm update" when you publish a module.
> That said, it is possible to achieve something like that using symlinks. Just create a link from project2/node_modules/project1 pointing at project1. "npm link" does something similar.
> // alex
> 01.01.2014, 02:04, "Ole Ersoy" <ole....@gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>> I was wondering whether there is a way to setup node so that all project dependencies are kept in a user repository and loaded from there? I'd live to be able to have 2 projects, project1 and project2. Have project 2 depend on project 1. Then have the following workflow:
>> 1) Update project 1
>> 2) Install project 1 in the local repository
>> 3) Run project 2
>> Project 2 will automatically get the updates from project 1 since it's reading/loading it from the local repository folder (~/.npm ... or something).
>> TIA and Happy New Year!
>> Ole
>>
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