How to properly use node_modules in production?

Question

Software Deployment

I use gulp and some of its plugins to build the project, they are installed as dev deps.
As normal dependencies, material-design-lite from google and jquery are installed. And so I thought about how to connect them correctly in the final project?
I have a dist/ folder in the web face of the site, in which the collected html, css, js, pictures already lie.
Put node_modules inside or copy (it is clear that not with pens, but with gulp) to the dist folder from node_modules?

Answer 1

Collect from node_modules into one file (scripts and styles separately), minify, place the result in doc_root.
You can collect several files, according to functionality, and connect them in batches as needed.