iconify/packages/library-builder

ES Builder

This is a library for transpiling TypeScript files.

It is not a bundler! It builds libraries that export multiple single files, not bundles.

What does it do?

• Creates both ES and CommonJS modules in target directory. CommonJS files use '.js' extension, ES files use '.mjs' extension.
• Creates TypeScript definition files for each file.
• Rewrites imports paths in ES modules.
• Updates exports field in package.json
• Tests ES imports

Why is it needed?

• ES modules should have full import paths, including extension, but TypeScript compiler cannot rewrite imports, so it cannot change target extension, so tsc cannot be reliably used to create ES modules.
• Using other tools, such as esbuild requires custom plugin. This package is used by multiple packages, so it makes sense to split code into a separate package to make it easily reusable.
• Currently tsup is the only viable alternative, but it is meant to be used as bundler. Without bundle option it currently fails to generate TypeScript definition files.
• Reusable functions for updating package.json and for testing ES imports.

Documentation

Requirements for using build process:

• Create tsconfig.json that creates CommonJS modules, saves declarations, has importsNotUsedAsValues set to error.
• Add script to package.json for building source code, such as "build:source": "tsc -b",. If you have multipe

To build packages, create build.js in your package:

/* eslint-disable */
const { buildFiles } = require('@iconify/library-builder');

buildFiles({
	root: __dirname,
	source: './src',
	target: './lib',
})
	.then(() => {
		console.log('Done');
	})
	.catch((err) => {
		console.error(err);
		process.exit(1);
	});

Source and target paths must be relative to root directory and start with ./.

License

The library is released with MIT license.

© 2021 Vjacheslav Trushkin / Iconify OÜ