static-module

What is static-module?

The static-module npm package is used to statically analyze and transform JavaScript modules at build time. It allows you to replace dynamic code with static code, which can be useful for optimizations and reducing runtime dependencies.

What are static-module's main functionalities?

Static Code Replacement

This feature allows you to replace dynamic code with static code. In this example, the `myFunction` from `my-module` is replaced with a static JSON string. This can be useful for optimizing code by removing dynamic parts that are known at build time.

const staticModule = require('static-module');
const through = require('through2');

const sm = staticModule({
  'my-module': {
    'myFunction': function() {
      return JSON.stringify({ key: 'value' });
    }
  }
}, { vars: { process: { env: { NODE_ENV: 'production' } } } });

process.stdin.pipe(sm).pipe(process.stdout);

Variable Inlining

This feature allows you to inline variables, such as environment variables, into your code. In this example, `process.env.NODE_ENV` is replaced with the string 'production'. This can help in optimizing and simplifying the code by removing runtime checks.

const staticModule = require('static-module');
const through = require('through2');

const sm = staticModule({
  'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify('production')
});

process.stdin.pipe(sm).pipe(process.stdout);

Other packages similar to static-module

browserify

Browserify is a tool that allows you to use `require` in the browser by bundling up all of your dependencies. It also supports static analysis and transformation of modules, similar to static-module. However, Browserify is more focused on bundling for the browser, whereas static-module is more general-purpose.

webpack

Webpack is a module bundler that also supports static analysis and transformation of modules. It is highly configurable and can be used to optimize and transform code at build time. Compared to static-module, Webpack offers a broader range of features and is more commonly used for complex build processes.

rollup

Rollup is a module bundler that focuses on ES6 modules and tree-shaking to optimize code. It also supports static analysis and transformation of modules. Rollup is similar to static-module in its ability to perform static transformations, but it is more specialized for ES6 modules and optimizing bundle size.

README

static-module

convert module usage to inline expressions

example

Here's a simplified version of the brfs module using static-module.

brfs converts fs.readFileSync(file) calls to inline strings with the contents of file included in-place.

var staticModule = require('static-module');
var quote = require('quote-stream');
var fs = require('fs');

var sm = staticModule({
    fs: {
        readFileSync: function (file) {
            return fs.createReadStream(file).pipe(quote());
        }
    }
}, { vars: { __dirname: __dirname + '/brfs' } });
process.stdin.pipe(sm).pipe(process.stdout);

input:

$ cat brfs/source.js
var fs = require('fs');
var src = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/x.txt');
console.log(src);

output:

$ node brfs.js < brfs/source.js 

var src = "beep boop\n";
console.log(src);

methods

var staticModule = require('static-module')

var sm = staticModule(modules, opts={})

Return a transform stream sm that transforms javascript source input to javascript source output with each property in the modules object expanded in inline form.

Properties in the modules object can be ordinary values that will be included directly or functions that will be executed with the statically evaluated arguments from the source under an optional set of opts.vars variables.

Property functions can return streams, in which case their contents will be piped directly into the source output.

Otherwise, the return values of functions will be inlined into the source in place as strings.

Use opts.varModules to map whitelisted module names to definitions that can be declared in client code with var and will appear in static expressions like opts.vars.

For example, to make this code with path.join() work:

var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var src = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'x.txt'), 'utf8');
console.log(src);

you can do:

var staticModule = require('static-module');
var quote = require('quote-stream');
var fs = require('fs');

var sm = staticModule({
    fs: {
        readFileSync: function (file) {
            return fs.createReadStream(file).pipe(quote());
        }
    },
    varMods: { path: require('path') }
}, { vars: { __dirname: __dirname + '/brfs' } });
process.stdin.pipe(sm).pipe(process.stdout);

install

With npm do:

npm install static-module

license

MIT