Next.js 13 devDependencies?

distro_dave

I remember in Next.js 12, the dependencies and devDependencies are still following the rules from this answer . But now, when I type pnpm create next-app , all of the dependencies installed (no matter if they're only used for dev or both dev and prod) are all inside dependencies . // Next 12 "dependencies": { "next": "12.1.2", "react": "17.0.2", "react-dom": "17.0.2" }, "devDependencies": { "@types/node": "17.0.23", "@types/react": "17.0.43",...

Originally asked by SnekNOTSnake on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

As @kelvin has mentioned in a commentary, one of the members of Vercel has explicitly stated : Hi, this is expected. Next.js is not relying on dependencies vs. devDependencies either if you host on platforms like Vercel or use output: "standalone". So the proper answers to your questions are: Is Next.js 13 do the minification itself for me? Yes it will minify for you and it seems that it doesn't rely on devDependencies in order to achieve it. Should I separate them manually, defying create-next-app's recommendation? No, according to Balázs Orbán you shouldn't or, at least, you don't have to. But I think that as it is not required by next.js it is not forbidden also, because many of the...

Full answer by Iogui: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/75416993 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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