can-view-import

can-view-import

Import dependencies in CanJS views

Usage

ES6 use

With StealJS, you can import this module directly in a template that is autorendered:

import plugin from 'can-view-import';

CommonJS use

Use require to load can-view-import and everything else needed to create a template that uses can-view-import:

var plugin = require("can-view-import");

AMD use

Configure the can and jquery paths and the can-view-import package:

<script src="require.js"></script>
<script>
	require.config({
	    paths: {
	        "jquery": "node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery",
	        "can": "node_modules/canjs/dist/amd/can"
	    },
	    packages: [{
		    	name: 'can-view-import',
		    	location: 'node_modules/can-view-import/dist/amd',
		    	main: 'lib/can-view-import'
	    }]
	});
	require(["main-amd"], function(){});
</script>

Standalone use

Load the global version of the plugin:

<script src='./node_modules/can-view-import/dist/global/can-view-import.js'></script>

Contributing

Making a Build

To make a build of the distributables into dist/ in the cloned repository run

npm install
node build

Running the tests

Tests can run in the browser by opening a webserver and visiting the test.html page. Automated tests that run the tests from the command line in Firefox can be run with

npm test