without the frontend plugin, just using `kotlin("js")` how do i add dev dependencies for using webp...

# javascript

[Nikky]

without the frontend plugin, just using kotlin("js") how do i add dev dependencies for using webpack plugins and the like ?

[Ilya Goncharov [JB]]

Now, there is no possibility to define scope of npm dependency, only regular dependencies
We have issue on this
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-32531

[Nikky]

Only tasks can require devDependencies for now as it is not clear how to add them to DSL

is there any example on that? i want to use the stuff added to node_modules/.bin/ anyways in tasks

[Ilya Goncharov [JB]]

You don’t need to declare it as a devDependency for .bin . It works properly for dependency too.
If you declare your tool in build script as npm dependenct, executables from this package should appear in node_modules/.bin