errorify

errorify

A browserify plugin that writes the error message of a failed build to the output file.

After adding the plugin to your browserify instance, errorify prevents bundle() from emitting error's. All errors are trapped, including: invalid syntax in the source, a missing dependency, a failed transform, etc. When the error message is written to the output file, it is wrapped in an alert (or console.error if alert isn't available), so loading the file notifies you immediately that the build failed and why.

Only the bundle() stream is rewritten. If you pass in a callback, it'll get the expected err and body arguments.

errorify is meant to be used with something like watchify. It saves you a trip to the terminal to see why a build failed.

Keep in mind that since errors are no longer emitted, all builds appear "successful". Careful not to deploy broken code.

Note: Only tested with Browserify 9+

Usage

var browserify = require('browserify');
var errorify = require('errorify');
var b = browserify({ /* stuff */ });
b.plugin(errorify);