Well, I'm starting GruntJS, my node_modules folder has 50MB, so for every project, it gets bad.
I would like to know if you can leave a default node_modules folder in one place to use in all projects without having to stay within the project's root.
Thank you
Example:
My front-end project today:
nome-do-projeto
---node_modules(50mb)
---assets
---sass
---js
---build
---css
---js
I would like the node_modules folder to have been outside the project root.
Dude, if you frequently use certain modules like Express, Grunt or Gulp, you can install them as global modules:
npm install -g nome_modulo
Within your project when you are loading a dependency, Node will look for your module within your project (node_modules), if it does not find it it will look in the global node_modules folder.
Node is not usually version dependent. A good practice is you create a file called package.json and define its dependencies there, when someone else downloads your project, you just need to run the command:
npm install
So the node downloads and installs the dependencies of your project.
References (in English): package.json node_modules
A tip that might work but did not test:
$ cd <global-modules-path>/node-google-timezone # vai para o diretório global do package
$ npm link # cria um link global
$ cd ~/projects/my-node-project # vai para o diretório do seu projeto
$ npm link # link-install do package
Reference: NPM link