browserify-alias-test

.gitignore

node_modules
lib.js

en.js

module.exports = {
  hello: "Hello"
}

ja.js

module.exports = {
  hello: "こんにちは"
}

package.json

{
  "name": "alias-test",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "browserify": "~1.13.5"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "test": "node ./test.js"
  }
}

src.js

var locale = require("locale")

console.log(locale.hello)

test.js

var fs = require("fs")
  , browserify = require("browserify")
  , app = browserify()

app.alias("/node_modules/locale/index.js", "/locales/en")

app.addEntry("./src.js")

fs.writeFileSync("./lib.js", app.bundle())

require("./lib")

this is a test case for using browserify's .alias method to build localized javascript bundles.

the idea is that you should be able to run the browserification process for each locale, and create localized bundles that ship only the assets required from the app.

unfortunately, i can't get it to work, as documented in browserify/browserify#184. would love to hear any ideas on how to get past this. as an alternative i could just symlink /locales/index.js to each locale file before building, but such an ugly hack shouldn't be needed.

to test this out, just run this one-liner:

git clone git://gist.github.com/3038799.git && cd 3038799 && npm i && npm test