Expose javascript globals bundled via webpack

Question

The Problem

I feel like this should be more straightforward than it is. I need to access all my javascript libraries from the frontend and because I\'m integrating

Answer 1

Note: This is not the ideal scenario but because I have a constant amount of new globals being added, I needed to make a plugin to bundle my javascript for me.

webpack-raw-bundler

This simply stacks your code together to be included on the frontend. Here is my usage example:

Usage

From the old:

To the new:

Installing to the config

  var RawBundlerPlugin = require('webpack-raw-bundler');

  module.exports = {
    plugins: [
       new RawBundlerPlugin({
             excludedFilenames: [/angulartics/],
             readEncoding: "utf-8",
             includeFilePathComments: false,
             bundles: [ "vendor.js", "styles.css" ],
             "vendor.js": [
                'js/*.js'
             ],
             "styles.css": [
                'css/bootstrap.css',
                'css/edits.css'
             ]
       })
    ]
 }

A Fair Warning:

This should not be your go-to solution, but I had a bad case that made this the easiest option. Using expose-loader and import or window['module'] = require('module.js') is much safer as that is what webpack was built around. However, if you are having some headaches and just want a simple bundler, feel free to use this plugin.