We've been using <gradle-node-plugin> in our proje...

# javascript

[ankushg]

We've been using gradle-node-plugin in our project to write Gradle Tasks that call node/npm because it
• lets us explicitly specify an npm version
• lets us share tasks across projects that don't use Kotlin/JS
• has convenient helpers for NpmTask and NpxTask
• seems to be better-documented than the almost-secret tasks bundled with Kotlin/JS
At the same time, the Kotlin/JS compiler also downloads node/yarn as needed too.

Does anyone have a setup where they have them configured to play well together?

Maybe just
• turning off downloads for one of the two plugins
• setting them both to run yarn from the same directory
• making sure that the setup task for the plugin with the disabled download dependsOn the setup task for the other plugin ?

[mbonnin]

Not 100% sure this is what you're looking for but there is new stuff in 1.6 about using pre-installed node: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/whatsnew16.html#option-to-use-pre-installed-node-js-and-yarn

[ankushg]

That's what inspired this question 😄

We still want Gradle to download node to ensure we're using a consistent version. We just want to download it once instead of multiple times when more than one plugin uses it 🙃

[ephemient]

do you need gradle-node-plugin? for simple scripts, you can do something like

val myScript by tasks.registering(Exec::class) {
    doFirst {
        val kotlinNodeJs = rootProject.the<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.nodejs.NodeJsRootExtension>()
        executable(kotlinNodeJs.requireConfigured().nodeExecutable)
    }
    args(file("myScript.js"), "arg1", "arg2")
}

and for fetching NPM dependencies, just add them to some Kotlin/JS project

[ankushg]

@ephemient we mostly use the NpxTask and NpmTask helpers from the plugin, but maybe I could use your snippet to reimplement them…

[ephemient]

that should hopefully not be too hard 🤞
alternately, it might be possible to tell gradle-node-plugin to use Kotlin's installation, but I'm not sure if the order of configuration will work or not