Change node modules packages path in symfony3

Question

I am installing bootstrap and jquery with npm. I want only ( not the sass files ) the jquery and bootstrap files to be installed in web/vendor and not in node_submodules/... Is that possible?

So my symfony structure looks like this

app
bin
composer.json
composer.lock
Gruntfile.js
node_modules
- bootstrap and jquery files are here <<
package.json
src
tests
var
vendor
web
- vendor
  - I want my bootstrap and jquery files here <<

Or should I just download bootstrap and jquery and place them myself in web/vendor and forget about node_modules.

Answer 1

See npm local install package to custom location.

Using your approach is fine for a small project, but if you plan on building a more ambitious application, you should really look into using a build tool like webpack, gulp, or grunt. Then you can package up your javascript dependencies from your node_modules into a single file and have it generated into your public js folder.