Don't include compiled dist and create seperate package for react native

[kevinsimper]

I am using the aws-sdk in my aws lambda functions and right now the biggest file in my bundle is the

3.2 MB node_modules/aws-sdk/dist/aws-sdk-react-native.js
3.1 MB node_modules/aws-sdk/dist/aws-sdk.js

those two files i 50% of my bundled zip

I think it would help a lot on many people bundle sizes if the aws-sdk did not include the precompile bundles and did not also include the one for the react-native project.

I can bundle my project to avoid the whole node_modules folder but that is something only for advance users and even complicated with native modules like fs and net which requires special config.

I hope it makes sense and thanks for the awesome sdk!

[jeskew]

That sounds reasonable, but I'm not sure how removing the dist/* files could be done in a backwards-compatible way.

[kevinsimper]

@jeskew We could publish a new version of aws-sdk called something like minimal or bare or es6 or slim? or aws-sdk-node?

[jeskew]

That is a possibility, but we would need to formulate a good long-term plan for keeping the two packages in sync. aws-sdk-node would essentially have the same maintenance overhead as a new major version.

[coreyar]

I'm getting a timeout error when building react-native locally because of the file size.

TimeoutError: transforming  .../node_modules/aws-sdk/dist/aws-sdk-react-native.js took longer than 601 seconds.

[chrisradek]

@coreyar
If you try to use the SDK without importing the aws-sdk-react-native file directly, do you still see this issue?

Can you also share what version of React Native you're if the above doesn't work? We made some changes so that you shouldn't need to import the dist file anymore, but I haven't run into this issue when testing locally so not 100% sure the above will fix the issue for you.

[coreyar]

I tried importing with import AWS from 'aws-sdk' and still got the error. We are on react-native
version 0.51.0

[Janardhanrao]

@coreyar
Any Update on this issue?

Thanks in advance

[coreyar]

We are currently on aws-sdk version 2.224.1 and not experiencing any issues.

[rekha110254]

@coreyar

Thanks for the reply it is working now

[ajredniwja]

Closing this issue for now, please reach out if you still continue to see this problem with the latest version of the SDK.