Prepare node_modules for distribution?

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Are there ways to make node_modules more compact for client side usage? For example with nodewebkit?

I think about removing unecessary files and minification.

Thanks!

Possible duplicate of [How to clean node\_modules folder when prepping for deployment](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20723657/how-to-clean-node-modules-folder-when-prepping-for-deployment) — dcohenb, Mar 29 '16 at 13:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 04 '16 at 12:40

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I think you can use npm install --production, so you don't install unnecessary modules for your production environment like eg: grunt, gulp, mocha, etc. Of course it depends if you install the development modules with npm install --save-dev

answered Mar 04 '16 at 12:40

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Thanks...I already go this way! I just wanna automatically remove unnecessary file out of my module folders and maybe zip them or something else – robert Mar 07 '16 at 07:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '16 at 13:32

Yes, there are ways.

Do the following in this order:

npm install --production
npm dedupe to flatten the hirarchy and remove duplicates
use grunt package minifier if you have a builder it will remove all the unneccesery files (Readme's, make files, tests, documentation etc.)

Prepare node_modules for distribution?

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