libraryTarget umd & code splitting #2471
Description
When splitting code in webpack, the chunks are loaded with temporary script tags:
/******/ var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
/******/ var script = document.createElement('script');
/******/ script.type = 'text/javascript';
/******/ script.charset = 'utf-8';
/******/ script.async = true;
/******/ script.timeout = 120000;
/******/ script.src = __webpack_require__.p + "" + ({}[chunkId]||chunkId) + "." + "<some_key>" + ".js";
When creating an umd library, the library might be loaded by another bundler again (webpack, jspm, etc.). In that case, the script tag loading isn't nice. It would be better to keep the AMD (or System.import for webpack 2) in the chunks which will be interpreted by the other bundler. I didn't find an option to enable this. Is it a missing feature? Or am I missing something and code splitting in umd libraries not possible?
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sokra commentedon May 11, 2016
It's a missing feature..
davidagraf commentedon May 12, 2016
This feature would be super handy for us. What's the difficulty in implementing it? I guess, replacing the temp script stuff with System.import is not complicated, right? Is the problem the current jsonp in the bundles?
sokra commentedon May 12, 2016
It all starts here: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/blob/master/lib/JsonpTemplatePlugin.js
This is the important part: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/blob/master/lib/JsonpMainTemplatePlugin.js
You need to write a custom target too: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/blob/master/lib/WebpackOptionsApply.js#L68-L77
You can publish all off this as separate module like here:
https://github.com/chentsulin/webpack-target-electron-renderer#how-this-module-works
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