wthrajat/npm-in-webjar

Module to enable usage of NPM packages and TS thru WebJars

NPM in WebJar

How to use

git clone https://github.com/wthrajat/npm-in-webjar.git && cd npm-in-webjar && mvn clean install

Development

The directory src/main/resources is now an NPM project - like the one you probaby have worked on usually.

Version upgrade

1. Edit src/main/resources/package.json for the deps update
2. cd src/main/resources and run npm install
3. This will update src/main/resources/package-lock.json

NOTE: Without this step, the updated version is not taken into account during the maven build.

Example of src/main/resources/main.ts

    export default function helloWorld(name : string) {
    console.log("Hello " + name + "!");
}
    export default helloWorld;

Using the output bundle

  require.config({
    paths: {
      'output': '$services.webjars.url('domain.org.name:npm-in-webjar', 'output.js')'
    }
  });

  require(['output'], function (output) {
        console.log('Your output bundle has been loaded successfully!');
        name = "Taylor Swift";
        bundle.helloWorld(name);
     // Prints: Hello Taylor Swift!
});

How is the build done

1. At first, maven copy src/main/resources to target/webjar
2. Then npm ci is run inside target/webjar installing the dependencies by following package-lock.json
3. Then npm run build is run inside target/webjar, producing the artifacts of target/webjar/dist
4. At last, the content of target/webjar/dist is copied to the relevant directory to be included in the WebJar packaging.

This project is inspired from Manuel Leducs's webpack demo.