Plugin questions...

[Daniel Phoebus]

So when a dependency is requested in this format:

require(

['modules/cas.app'],

function (CAS) {

$(function() {

CAS.start();

});

}

);

requirejs will find and load modules/cas.app.js just fine.  Works great.  But I also have a minified version of cas.app.js and I would like that to be the file that is loaded in a "production" environment.  Thought I could get around this by creating a little plugin that would tack a .min to the end of the module name based like so:

/*!

 * env.js

 */

define(['module'], function(module) {

'use strict';

var env,

masterConfig = (module.config && module.config()) || {};

env = {

dynamic: true,

parseName: function(name) {

return name + (masterConfig.isProduction ? '.min' : '');

},

load: function (name, req, onLoad, config) {

var parsed = env.parseName(name),

toLoad = [];

toLoad.push(parsed);

req(toLoad, function (value) {

onLoad(value);

});

}

};

return env;

});

This was just a test to see if it was possible to pull something like this off...  I changed the require() call at the top of the page to this:

require(

['env!modules/cas.app'],

function (CAS) {

$(function() {

CAS.start();

});

}

);

and it worked!  When the config value isProduction is set to 'true' the module 'modules/cas.app.min' was loaded!  Set 'isProduction' to false and 'modules/cas.app' was loaded.  Where I ran into a problem was down the line in another module where I needed access to the 'CAS' object again....

define(function (require) {

var Marionette = require('marionette');

//create root controller

var RootController = Marionette.Controller.extend({

index: function () {

                        var CAS = require('env!modules/cas.app);

}

});

return RootController;

});

I get this error: Load timeout for modules: env!modules/cas.app_unnormalized2,env!modules/cas.app

What is going on here?  The initial use of the plugin works... but the second call always fails.  I have been pouring of the AMD specs, plugins documentation... and nothing seems to work.   Is this even possible?  Is there an easier way?  I know I can use the optimizer and create one large file but I don't want to.... I just want to use the minified versions of the modules in production.  THANK you in advance for whatever help I get... 

Daniel

[John Hann]

Hey David,

This looks like a bug to me. You may want to file an issue against the AMD loader you are using.

Also: I'm guessing that your use of `dynamic: true` isn't what you want. You probably want the same module to be loaded each time. 

Regards, 

-- John 

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[Daniel Phoebus]

Hey John,

Thanks.  Using Require JS at the moment.  Just can't figure it out... so I will try to file a report like you said.

Daniel