Don't want to be too much showy, but sub-packages are cool.
Basically, inside one repo, you have a main package that depend on smaller package. Check Pencil.js for a real-life example.
You don't have to use scoped packages, but I would recommend it.
Thanks to Lerna managing the whole thing is pretty easy.
I tried to like Lerna, but I can’t seem to. The sub packages approach is a lot cleaner. Although, I don’t recall what benefits lerna provides anymore given that npm supports linking and sub packages.
I used to use npm link, but when scope grows and dependency tree gets weirder, you can't continue to do everything by hand.
My favorite features from Lerna:
lerna bootstrap --hoist save space with hoist common dependencies.
lerna add whatever --scope=mySubPackage add a new dependency to a sub-package.
lerna publish Bump and publish all packages individually.
Don't want to be too much showy, but sub-packages are cool.
Basically, inside one repo, you have a main package that depend on smaller package. Check Pencil.js for a real-life example.
You don't have to use scoped packages, but I would recommend it.
Thanks to Lerna managing the whole thing is pretty easy.
I tried to like Lerna, but I can’t seem to. The sub packages approach is a lot cleaner. Although, I don’t recall what benefits lerna provides anymore given that npm supports linking and sub packages.
I used to use
npm link, but when scope grows and dependency tree gets weirder, you can't continue to do everything by hand.My favorite features from Lerna:
lerna bootstrap --hoistsave space with hoist common dependencies.lerna add whatever --scope=mySubPackageadd a new dependency to a sub-package.lerna publishBump and publish all packages individually.Thanks for the insights. I really appreciate it!