@fal-works/esbuild-plugin-global-externals
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esbuild plugin for replacing imports with global variables.
Package description
The @fal-works/esbuild-plugin-global-externals npm package is designed to work with the esbuild bundler, allowing developers to exclude specific modules from the bundle and instead treat them as global variables provided at runtime. This is particularly useful for large libraries or frameworks that are included via a CDN or are already present in the global scope of the user's environment.
Exclude specific modules
This feature allows developers to exclude modules like React and ReactDOM from the bundle. These excluded modules are then accessed as global variables, which must be included in the global scope separately, typically via a script tag in HTML.
require('esbuild').build({
entryPoints: ['app.js'],
bundle: true,
outfile: 'out.js',
plugins: [
require('@fal-works/esbuild-plugin-global-externals')({
react: 'React',
'react-dom': 'ReactDOM'
})
]
});Similar to @fal-works/esbuild-plugin-global-externals, this package provides functionality to exclude specific modules from esbuild bundles and map them to global variables. The main difference lies in the configuration options and possibly the implementation details, which might affect performance or compatibility with different versions of esbuild.
This package also allows for treating npm packages as globals in the esbuild bundling process. It compares to @fal-works/esbuild-plugin-global-externals by offering a similar feature set but may have variations in syntax or additional configuration features that could be beneficial depending on the project requirements.
Readme
esbuild plugin for replacing imports with global variables.
Similar to output.globals option of Rollup.
See also: evanw/esbuild#337
import { globalExternals } from "@fal-works/esbuild-plugin-global-externals";
/** Mapping from module paths to global variables */
const globals = {
jquery: "$"
};
esbuild.build({
entryPoints: ["src/main.js"],
outfile: "dist/bundle.js",
bundle: true,
plugins: [globalExternals(globals)],
});
FAQs
esbuild plugin for replacing imports with global variables.
The npm package @fal-works/esbuild-plugin-global-externals receives a total of 2,897,919 weekly downloads. As such, @fal-works/esbuild-plugin-global-externals popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @fal-works/esbuild-plugin-global-externals demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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