three-stdlib

three-stdlib

Stand-alone version of threejs/examples/jsm written in Typescript & built for ESM & CJS.

Basic usage

npm install three-stdlib

// Export collection
import * as STDLIB from 'three-stdlib'
// Flatbundle
import { OrbitControls, ... } from 'three-stdlib'

Problem

three/examples are usually regarded as something that you copy/paste into your project and adapt to your needs. That's not how people use it, and this has caused numerous issues in the past.

Solution

• A build system for ESM and CJS, compatible with browser, workers, and Node
• Class based, optimized for tree-shaking, no globals, exports instead of collections
• Typesafety with simple annotation-like types
• SemVer and NPM managed dependencies

But most importantly, allowing more people that use and rely on these primitives to hold a little stake, and to share the weight of maintaining it.

How to Contribute

• Fork and clone the repo
• Run yarn install to install dependencies
• Create a branch for your PR with `git checkout -b pr-type/issue-number-your-branch-name beta
• Let's get cooking! 👨🏻‍🍳🥓

Commit Guidelines

Be sure your commit messages follow this specification: https://conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0-beta.4

Publishing

We use semantic-release-action to deploy the package. Because of this only certain commits will trigger the action of creating a release:

• chore will not release a new version
• fix: will create a 0.0.x version
• feat: will create a 0.x.0 version
• BREAKING CHANGE: will create a x.0.0 version

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