Contributing: Unable to develop locally using instructions from `DEVELOPMENT.md`

[zawasp]

Describe the bug

I followed all instructions from DEVELOPMENT.md but when I'm using the local library in my test project I get module-not-found errors:

Reproducer

https://github.com/primefaces/primereact/blob/master/DEVELOPMENT.md

PrimeReact version

10.5.0

React version

18.x

Language

TypeScript

Build / Runtime

Next.js

Browser(s)

all

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Follow all steps from DEVELOPMENT.md

Expected behavior

Test app is able to work with local version of primereact when using npm link and npm run dev:link

[zawasp]

Same as https://github.com/primefaces/primereact/issues/5648#issuecomment-1873025061

[melloware]

@zawasp what OS are you using Linux or Windows?

@bweis any thoughts here you wrote the original instructions I wonder if something has changed and needs to be updated?

[zawasp]

It's Ubuntu under WSL2 and node 20

[zawasp]

For anyone trying to contribute, I found a workaround:

• in a new nextjs app (could be react as well), I symlinked the components/lib folder from the primereact repo into app. Something like this (ran from the app folder in my nextjs app): ln -s /home/user/primereact/components/lib primereact

You need to adjust your imports a bit, e.g.: import { Button } from "./primereact/button/Button"; instead of import { Button } from "./primereact/button";

Note this is not ideal, but at least I can contribute.

[melloware]

That is fantastic actually.

[melloware]

@zawasp i wonder if you should add this to the MD file?