I'm trying to use Browerifiy in the browser, if I use the standalone option it exposes one module. I don't want to do this.
The website and documentation just seems to cut off everywhere I look after actually compiling the code.
No one has said how to actually use the code in the browser property.
I have a grunt task as such:
browserify: {
standalone: {
src: [ '<%= yeoman.server %>/shared-components/**/*.js' ],
dest: '<%= yeoman.client %>/app/js/browserifed-shared-code.js',
/* Commented out, zero documentation on this. Can only expose one module it seems.
options: {
browserifyOptions: {
standalone: 'Utility' //Unable to say '**/*' error :-/
}
}
*/
},
This seems to work, it makes a file like this:
(function e(t,n,r){function s(o,u){if(!n[o]){if(!t[o]){var a=typeof require=="function"&&require;if(!u&&a)return a(o,!0);if(i)return i(o,!0);var f=new Error("Cannot find module '"+o+"'");throw f.code="MODULE_NOT_FOUND",f}var l=n[o]={exports:{}};t[o][0].call(l.exports,function(e){var n=t[o][1][e];return s(n?n:e)},l,l.exports,e,t,n,r)}return n[o].exports}var i=typeof require=="function"&&require;for(var o=0;o<r.length;o++)s(r[o]);return s})({1:[function(require,module,exports){
'use strict';
var UrlController = function(){};
UrlController.test = function () {
return 'test';
};
module.exports = UrlController;
},{}],2:[function(require,module,exports){
'use strict';
var Utility = function(){};
Utility.isASCII = function (str) {
return /^[\x00-\xFF]*$/.test(str);
};
Utility.isAlphaNumeric = function(str) {
var code, i, len;
for (i = 0, len = str.length; i < len; i++) {
code = str.charCodeAt(i);
if (!(code > 47 && code < 58) && // numeric (0-9)
!(code > 64 && code < 91) && // upper alpha (A-Z)
!(code > 96 && code < 123)) { // lower alpha (a-z)
return false;
}
}
return true;
};
module.exports = Utility;
},{}]},{},[1,2]);
I include it automatically using an injector which works simular to:
<script src="app/js/browserifed-shared-code.js"></script>
Now i expect that I'd be able to call
require('Utility');
But I get
Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined(…)
I have no idea/no way of loading these modules in the browser. :'-/
You have two choices here. Either you
SOLUTION 1
Create a standalone browserify module for each library you want to access in your browser. This has been answered in your other post. Basically you do multiple browserify bundles.
.
browserify library1.js --standalone Library1 -o library1-bundle.js
browserify library2.js --standalone Library2 -o library2-bundle.js
browserify library3.js --standalone Library3 -o library3-bundle.js
<script src="library1-bundle.js" type="text/javascript"/>
<script src="library2-bundle.js" type="text/javascript"/>
<script src="library3-bundle.js" type="text/javascript"/>
So, in your building tool you would have
browserify: {
library1 : {
src: [ '<%= yeoman.server %>/shared-components/library1.js' ],
dest: '<%= yeoman.client %>/app/js/library1-bundled.js',
bundleOptions : { standalone : 'Library1' }
},
library2 : {
src: [ '<%= yeoman.server %>/shared-components/library2.js' ],
dest: '<%= yeoman.client %>/app/js/library2-bundled.js',
bundleOptions : { standalone : 'Library2' }
},
library3 : {
src: [ '<%= yeoman.server %>/shared-components/library3.js' ],
dest: '<%= yeoman.client %>/app/js/library3-bundled.js',
bundleOptions : { standalone : 'Library3' }
}
}
SOLUTION 2
Or, create a main entry point for all your modules.
// ---- main.js -----
module.exports.Library1 = require('./lib1');
module.exports.Library2 = require('./lib2');
module.exports.Library3 = require('./lib3');
Then, you use browserify
browserify main.js --standalone Library -o bundle.js
Then in your browser
<script src="bundle.js" type="text/javascript"/>
In your grunt task :
browserify: {
standalone: {
src: [ '<%= yeoman.server %>/shared-components/main.js' ],
dest: '<%= yeoman.client %>/app/js/main-bundled.js',
bundleOptions : { standalone : 'Library' }
}}
Note on Module Loaders and Browserify
Then, to expand on the answer I made on your previous post, browserify exposes it's bundled modules differently depending on the module manager present in your environment.
- If you are in node, it's commonJS (sync) so you can use require('');
- If you are using AMD (async), you can use that AMD syntax.
- If you are in the browser, you muse use either window. or global.
Grunt dynamic task definition
To automate this a little, you can also pass in a configuration :
bundledLibraries : [
Library1 : {
src : './../src/lib1.js',
dest : './../src/lib1-bundled.js'
},
Library2 ...
]
Then you iterate to add them to the grunt config (
Check this article for creating them dynamically http://www.integralist.co.uk/posts/dynamic-grunt-tasks.html
I got this working my own way without obfuscating the project too much with dependancies.
In grunt I have
browserify: {
standalone: {
src: [ '<%= yeoman.server %>/shared-components/exposed-modules.js' ],
dest: '<%= yeoman.client %>/app/js/browserifed-shared-code.js',
options: {
browserifyOptions: {
standalone: 'Shared'
}
}
},
}
//In-completed example.
watch: {
scripts: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.server %>/shared-components/**/*.js'],
tasks: ['browserify'],
options: {
spawn: false
}
},
Then I exposed the modules I want using:
'use strict';
//This is the main entry point for all shared libraries.
var Utility = require('./utility');
var UrlController = require('./url-controller');
var Shared = function(){};
//Added new client modules to be exposed here.
Shared.Utility = Utility;
Shared.UrlController = UrlController;
module.exports = Shared;
In the browser I can now call
shared.Utility.isAscii('test'); //Working.
And anywhere I wanna reuse I just assign in the scope, so
//Some scope.
var Utility = shared.Utility;