Bundling static folder into a single JavaScript Node app bundle (example)
Install dependencies first npm install
Run in "normal" code npm start - then request public/index.html
using http localhost:3000
$ http localhost:3000
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>index page</h2>
</body>
</html>
Now bundle all code and public folder into a single JavaScript file
npm run bundle
> node build.js
{ 'public/index.html': '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n ... </html>\n' }
The bundle dist/bundle.js contains all server code and public/index.html contents.
$ grep DOCTYPE dist/bundle.js
"public/index.html": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n...</html>\n"
The command to run the bundle changes the working folder to dist, making
sure we do not accidentally serve ./public/index.html. We can even
remove public folder now
mv public tmp
npm run run
running in /git/browserify-server/dist
listening on port 3000
Making the request from another terminal still works.
Includes the HTML contents in the bundle and during execution mocks the
file system for serve-static middleware using
mock-fs module.
See build.js and start.js files that wrap around index.js.
Author: Gleb Bahmutov © 2016
License: MIT - do anything with the code, but don't blame me if it does not work.
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