How to deal with npm packages that are only built on host side

[hellow554]

I want to develop an application using typescript. This app should only be compiled on the hostside, therefore I don't need nodejs on the target.

If I understand the npm class correctly i will have nodejs as an runtime dependency. That's why I don't want to use inherit npm.

So, what is an good approach to solve my problem? Should I use depend on nodejs-native and implement do_compile and do_install myself? There's a lot of work put in the bbclass, e.g. picking the right target arch, using the correct npm flags as well as having a DEV flag to allow development builds.

I certanly don't want to implement (copy) them myself. Would it be a good approach to have a seperate npm-native class maybe?

What is your opinion about that?

[kraj]

not sure about npm-native class, perhaps a good idea if we are going to have many host packages to recompile otherwise option 2 is the way to go.

[hellow554]

So you think it's not worth investing in a npm-native class? I certainly don't have enough experience to write such class for the public ;)