How do I produce a node module using dotnet-fable

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I have a project that I've created with dotnet fable new -n ProjectName and if I run it with webpack server everything works as expected. However I want to create an Express server. For that I thought I would simply create a node module and then run that. But when I look at the help text from dotnet fable --help I can't find a way to tell fable to just compile the js and to let me chose where those files should be placed. So question how do I tell dotnet-fable to produce js files (and do nothing else).

p.s. using the fable-cli results in a null reference (likely due to the project file structure) which is why I haven't just used that

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I just wrestled with the same thing. When using the fable template, dotnet fable npm-run build just builds JS files for me. Try removing the devServer section from webpack.config.js, and changing your "start" script in package.json to say webpack && node bundle.js. (The devServer feature in webpack starts up its own simple express.js backend - something I just learned while building my own fable express app)