Where can I find support for using browserify?

[snyxan]

Hi. there,

I'm using browserify to bundle up some Nodejs file into a pure javascript file so that I can use them in a react project. I've met many bugs while using it and can't find the right place for help. Is there any group I can join to ask questions? Is IRC still active? I cannot join that channel btw.

[ljharb]

The #browserify channel on freenode still exists and can certainly be joined; there's also the #node.js channel on freenode that has plenty of help available.

An issue here is probably fine too, but more focused questions are likely more appropriate than broader ones.

[snyxan]

Got it. So I'm trying to bundle up some file depending on several NodeJS modules (e.g. voxel-engine, voxel-player). When I run browserify world.js -o myWorld.js and try to import some functions from myWorld.js in a React Project. It gave me the following errors:

./src/components/VoxelWorld/myWorld.js
  Line 45546:7:  Parsing error: Deleting local variable in strict mode

  45544 |     }, function() {
  45545 |       self._afterLoading();
> 45546 |       delete canvases;
        |       ^
  45547 |       self.materials = self.materials.concat(textures);
  45548 |       cb(textures);
  45549 |     });

Looks like it's complaining about the syntax of the bundled js file. What should I do about it? Any hint would be really appreciated!

[ljharb]

delete of a non-global variable is always an error; it's just that in strict mode, the language throws an exception. I suggest just deleting that line entirely, if it's in first-party code.

If it's not, then it seems like somehow that code is being ran in strict mode, which no non-ES-Module or non-class code should be by default.