Share node_modules between webparts

Question

Here is my scenario:

• I have 7 different webparts
• In order to have more control over the projects I have split them in different projects
• All of the projects were created using the Yeoman installer

All was fine until I started to add them to the pipeline. Then I realize that I need to make npm install for every project. This is causing delay in my build pipeline as well as disk space.

My question is:

How can different webpart solutions share single node_modules folder?

Regards, Dimitar

Answer 1

@JohnRambo,

A quick way is to create a Symbolic Link from a real node_modules folder to other projects.

mklink /d D:\shareablemodules\helloworld-webpart02\node_modules D:\shareablemodules\helloworld-webpart01\node_modules

More references:

• https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink

BR