optionally skip npm install for web dependencies

[osdevisnot]

First off, I want to give you guys props for this awesome project. Great Work 🎉 🎉

The more I use @pika-web, I feel like I should be able to skip NPM install step altogether.

Why would you want to do that?

This is why:

I am meaning to write full RFC on this, but wanted to throw quick thought to get some feedback.

Oh BTW, I did some exploration on this in #33

[FredKSchott]

So if I understand you correctly, the problem that this solves is: "npm install results in a huge node_modules folder, which is 👎"

I'm not sure if that's true, or at least it doesn't have to be. Frontend dependencies usually only end up making up a small part of your node_modules tree. And if you have any dev deps, they you're already npm installing anyway.

[osdevisnot]

You are correct on both counts, understanding the original issue and the way you are thinking about node_modules being small for front end dependencies.

I guess I am wanting to solve huge npm deps problem without realizing most of them are actually devDevependencies.

Anyways, thanks for taking time to provide your feedback.

[FredKSchott]

np, thanks for asking the question!