Angular & Browserify

Disclaimer

I'm a N00B.

The Problem

Concatenate all the things!

Pros:
  • simple

Cons:

  • Doesn't promote modular code
  • Have to manually handle source ordering
  • Dependencies are unclear

The solution

Module system

Pros:

  • Promotes modular code (You don't say!)
  • Keeps source in proper order
  • Keeps dependencies clear

Cons:
  • Can be complex

Enter



  • NPM's require() for the browser
  • CommonJS syntax
  • Integrates with many NPM modules
  • Drop dead simple
  • Synchronous
  • Can be extended with Transforms


The parts of Browserify

Require

var angular = require('angular');
angular.module('app', [])

Bundling

  • Walks through your code creating a dependency tree
  • Combines all the modules into one "bundle"
  • Adds source maps for easy debugging

Transforms

  • Plugins for Browserify
  • Perform tasks on each module
  • Makes Browserify incredibly versatile

Examples
  • Browserfy-shim (use global libs)
  • DeAMDify (use AMD modules)
  • Aliasify (map common file paths)
  • Coffeeify (compile CoffeeScript)
  • Partialify (require html as JS strings)

Putting it all together

How does this work with Angular?

Browserify manages classes

Angular Manages instances

Organize your app by feature

 app/ --- cats/     |--- index.js     |--- cats-ctrl.js     |--- cats-config.js
     |--- cats.html
 --- unicorns/     |--- index.js
     |--- unicorns-ctrl.js
     |--- unicorns-config.js
     |--- unicorns.html
     |--- unicorns-add/
 --- components/     |--- unicorn-directive/          |--- index.js
          |--- unicorn-dir.js
          |--- unicorn.html


unicorn-conf.js

var angular = require('angular');

module.exports = function( $stateProvider ) {
    $stateProvider
    .state('unicorns', {         
        url: '/unicorns',         
        controller: 'unicornCtrl',         
        template: require('./unicorns.html') // Using partialify     
    }); 
};

index.js

var angular = require('angular');

module.exports = angular.module('unicorns', [
    require('../components/unicorn-directive/').name
])
.config( require('./unicorn-conf.js') )
.controller( 'unicornCtrl', require('./unicorn-ctrl') );

app.js

var angular = require('angular');

angular.module('app', [
    require('./unicorns').name,
    require('./cats').name
])
.config( function( $urlRouterProvider ) {
    $urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/');
});

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Resources

The End

AngularJS and Browserify

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