require()
Broswer Provide synchronous require
in browser for development purposes. A convenient replacement for watchify (dynamic, no configs needed). Strives to be compliant with browserify, in that code using require-stub
is fully browserifyable.
$ npm install --save-dev require-stub
<!-- provide `reqiure` --> <!-- use require -->
If you find something doesn’t work, report a bug.
How does it work?
Via synchronous XMLHttpRequest. To resolve module paths used package.json
closest to the current page. To stub native packages is used browser-builtins. Required scripts are evaled, so to provide module scopes.
Precautions
- Don’t use in production: dynamic evals proved to be ~3x slower than browserified code. But it is good for perf testing.
Similar efforts
- breq — resolves relative requirements.
- TKRequire — resolves relative requirements.
- smoothie.js — resolves relative requirements.
Best wishes,
Deema.