best way to build a web page app on ibm i using a CLI

I have been using vue.js to write SPA type web apps for the IBM i. Been
getting terrific results. The advantage of vue over react and angular being
you do not need to use a CLI to create a web page. Just use a <script> tag
to access the vue framework.

But I would like to use a CLI. That is where all the tooling is. Things
like babel, typescript, ES6 modules. webpack partial loading. So I would
like to give the VUE CLI a try.

Problem is, running vue cli to setup a basic project created 15,000 files
in the project folder. Running VUE CREATE ( vue cli command used to create
a vue project ) took over 5 minutes when I set the current directory to the
IFS HOME folder. And for that entire time there were QZLSFILET jobs
running on the IBM i. I worry the IBM i will not be able to handle so many
files in the IFS, that the CPU usage will impact other users.

My setup is that node, npm and the vue cli are installed on my windows PC.
I map a network drive from the PC to the IBM i. Then to create the web
project using the vue cli I start powershell, set the current drive to the
mapped IFS drive, and run VUE CREATE project_name.

This worked. But all the files on the IFS? And 5 minutes to create the
project.

Are there other ways to do this? I figure I have to have the entire
project folder within the htdocs folder of the PHP web server on the IBM i.

thanks,