[Improved UMD template to work with webpack 2] #JavaScript #umd #webpack

umd.js

// Iterating on the UMD template from here:
// https://github.com/umdjs/umd/blob/master/templates/returnExportsGlobal.js
// But experimentally improving it so that it works for webpack 2



// UMD template from https://gist.github.com/Offirmo/ec5c7ec9c44377c202f9f8abcacf1061#file-umd-js
(function (root, factory) {
  	var LIB_NAME = 'Foo'
	if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
		// AMD. Register as an anonymous module.
		define(function () {
			return (root
				? root[LIB_NAME] = factory()
				: factory() // root is not defined in webpack 2, but this works
			)
		});
	} else if (typeof module === 'object' && module.exports) {
		// Node. Does not work with strict CommonJS, but
		// only CommonJS-like environments that support module.exports,
		// like Node.
		module.exports = factory()
	} else if (root) {
		// Browser globals
		root[LIB_NAME] = factory()
	} else {
		throw new Error('From UMD wrapper of lib "' + LIB_NAME + '": unexpected env, cannot expose my content!')
	}
}(this, function () {
	"use strict";
  
  	return {
		...
	}
}))