I've been immersed in building a node.js app while simultaneously working on the necessary modules. The challenge I'm facing involves dealing with peerDependencies and finding the optimal setup for my development environment.
Here's what I have set up so far:
/node-projects
|--/myApp
|----/node_modules
|------/symlink to module1
|------/symlink to module2
|
|--/module1
|
|--/module2
To link the modules in the root folder of my projects to my app, I use npm link. This allows me to easily manage individual modules and the application through git push/pull operations.
However, I encounter issues when module2 specifies module1 as a peerDependency. When attempting to start my app, it throws an error stating that module2 cannot find module1. This is likely due to them not being together in a shared node_modules directory.
Is there something crucial that I am overlooking which would enable module2's symlink to acknowledge module1's symlink? Or is this particular setup not currently achievable with npm? Are there more effective strategies for keeping my custom modules synchronized with git/github while also incorporating them into my main app?