title: Is there a way to build vue.js components without using the npm server?
body: <p>Put simply, I want to use vue.js's <a href="https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/guide/single-file-components.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">single file components</a> inside of another project with <em>its own</em> web server and backend code. I want to &quot;compile&quot; my .vue files the way I would compile CoffeeScript files, or LESS files.</p>
  <p>For example, suppose I have a Flask/Python project (which I do), in which I have my own web server that serves static files. I may layout my project like this:</p>
  <p><code>static/src/frontend.vue</code> -&gt; <code>static/build/frontend.css</code>, <code>static/build/frontend.js</code></p>
  <p>I see that Vue's documentation has examples for running a node.js web server to generate built files live. What I don't see, however, is a way to simply compile the .vue files into another directory and exit. Is this possible with npm/webpack/node.js/vue.js?</p>
  <p>Thank!</p>