[ts][js] Publish artifacts to NPM

[scottmcdonnell]

I can't currently install spine-runtimes as a project dependency using npm - can a package.json be added?

[badlogic]

We currently have no plans for this, but might do it in the future.

[badlogic]

Looks like you guys resolved this without us adding a package.json. Good stuff! pixijs-userland/spine#121

[dcalhoun]

@badlogic I didn't follow much of the Pixi thread discussion, but I would love to see Spine's runtimes published to npm. Manually downloading them for my project feels a bit antiquated.

[scottmcdonnell]

As far as I know, all that is needed is a package.json to be created at the root. Then it can be installed directly from github using npm install --save-dev EsotericSoftware/spine-runtimes

[dcalhoun]

@scottmcdonnell from what I understand, it's not possible to install a subdirectory of a monorepo and it's not something that npm plans to support. So, merely adding a package.json to the root of this project would mean a user would have to install every runtime when they need a single runtime for a project. This is far from ideal, in my opinion.

@badlogic do you have any additional thoughts on this?

[scottmcdonnell]

Lots of node_modules are large packages. All runtimes would be installed but the 'main' param in package.json would point to the JavaScript index file. Then a bundler such as webpack would package up just the JavaScript runtime if 'required'

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On 1 Dec 2016 5:32 p.m., "David Calhoun" ***@***.***> wrote: @scottmcdonnell <https://github.com/scottmcdonnell> from what I understand, it's not possible to install a subdirectory of a monorepo and it's not something that npm plans to support <npm/npm#2974 (comment)>. So, merely adding a package.json to the root of this project would mean a user would have to install *every* runtime when they need a single runtime for a project. This is far from ideal, in my opinion. @badlogic <https://github.com/badlogic> do you have any additional thoughts on this? — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#711 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AB3F9IPO_0voiZ7BTsrb7w_LbyqU3Munks5rDwSYgaJpZM4KH1dz> .