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Browserify: Running Node JS in the browser

Prerequisites

  1. Install Node JS
  2. Check installation of NodeJS and NPM (installed with NodeJS): npm -v and node -v

The Problem

If you want to develop some Javascript the needs to run in a browser and want to make use of the NodeJS development and package ecosystem, much of which involves code that is incompatible with a browser, then you'll need a way to transform browser-incompatible code into compatible code.

1 Solution

http://browserify.org/

I made use of it recently for thundergolfer/better-hackerrank-test-workflow. (currently private)

Meeting activities

  • Use browserify to transform some NodeJS script into browser compatible code and run it in your browser
  • Talk about exactly what browserify is doing under the hood
  • Talk about alternatives to browserify that solve the same problem, possibly in different contexts (eg. webpack)
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