Webpack jQuery dependency

[rachidio]

Hello,
When I am building my application based on sprLib, with npm and webpack, the file included in the build is sprestlib.js which does not contains the Jquery dependency.
import sprLib from 'sprestlib' is including this file instead of sprestlib.bundle.js which contains the jquery dependency.
To bypass this I modified the file sprestlib/package.json:

"main": "dist/sprestlib.js", --> "main": "dist/sprestlib.bundle.js",

Is this the expected behavior? Do I misunderstood something?
Why don't replace Jquery by a more specific library such as axios, lodash, etc...?

Thank you

[Dragnucs]

Simply importing a module wont bring jQuery even if the module depends on it. You still need to explicitly import it like so:

const $ = require('jquery')
// Or
import jQuery from 'jquery'

Or, you can shim the module using ProvidePlugin so it is present everywhere. This way is probably better suited for jQuery because it would allow you to map both $ and jQuery to the same instance of jQuery.

[rachidio]

First part is resolved :)

@gitbrent what about?

Why don't replace Jquery by a more specific library such as axios, lodash, etc...?

[Dragnucs]

Replacing jQuery infavor of axios is a good decision.

Maybe we should make a PR for this, shouldn't we @ra6hi9?

[gitbrent]

Hi Guys,

@ra6hi9: the package.json file lists "jquery-node" and the library calls var $ = require("jquery-node");, so I don't know why you'd be having this issue with webpack. Wouldn't it use produce a product similar to node?

@Dragnucs: i'm working to move the UI functions to a separate library, so jQuery shouldn't need to be around long. I'd rather have no dependencies. :)