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149 lines
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React Native Packager
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React Native Packager is a project similar in scope to browserify or
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webpack, it provides a CommonJS-like module system, JavaScript
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compilation (ES6, Flow, JSX), bundling, and asset loading.
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The main difference is the Packager's focus on compilation and
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bundling speed. We aim for a sub-second edit-reload
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cycles. Additionally, we don't want users -- with large code bases --
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to wait more than a few seconds after starting the packager.
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The main deviation from the node module system is the support for our
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proprietary module format known as `@providesModule`. However, we
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discourage people to use this module format because going forward, we
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want to completely separate our infrastructure from React Native and
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provide an experience most JavaScript developers are familiar with,
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namely the node module format. We want to even go further, and let you
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choose your own packager and asset pipeline or even integrate into
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your existing infrastructure.
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React Native users need not to understand how the packager work,
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however, this documentation might be useful for advanced users and
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people who want to fix bugs or add features to the packager (patches
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welcome!).
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## HTTP interface
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The main way you'd interact with the packager is via the HTTP
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interface. The following is the list of endpoints and their respective
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functions.
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### /path/to/moduleName.bundle
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Does the following in order:
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* parse out `path/to/moduleName`
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* add a `.js` suffix to the path
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* looks in your project root(s) for the file
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* recursively collects all the dependencies from an in memory graph
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* runs the modules through the transformer (might just be cached)
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* concatenate the modules' content into a bundle
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* responds to the client with the bundle (and a SourceMap URL)
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### /path/to/moduleName.map
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* if the package has been previously generated via the `.bundle`
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endpoint then the source map will be generated from that package
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* if the package has not been previously asked for, this will go
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through the same steps outlined in the `.bundle` endpoint then
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generate the source map.
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Note that source map generation currently assumes that the code has
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been compiled with jstransform, which preserves line and column
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numbers which allows us to generate source maps super fast.
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### /path/to/moduleName.(map|bundle) query params
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You can pass options for the bundle creation through the query params,
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if the option is boolean `1/0` or `true/false` is accepted.
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Here are the current options the packager accepts:
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* `dev` boolean, defaults to true: sets a global `__DEV__` variable
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which will effect how the React Native core libraries behave.
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* `minify` boolean, defaults to false: whether to minify the bundle.
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* `runModule` boolean, defaults to true: whether to require your entry
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point module. So if you requested `moduleName`, this option will add
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a `require('moduleName')` the end of your bundle.
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* `inlineSourceMap` boolean, defaults to false: whether to inline
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source maps.
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### /debug
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This is a page used for debugging, it has links to two pages:
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* Cached Packages: which shows you the packages that's been already
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generated and cached
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* Dependency Graph: is the in-memory graph of all the modules and
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their dependencies
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## Programmatic API
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The packager is made of two things:
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* The core packager (which we're calling ReactPackager)
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* The scripts, devtools launcher, server run etc.
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ReactPackager is how you mainly interact with the API.
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```js
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var ReactPackager = require('./react-packager');
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```
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### ReactPackager.middleware(options)
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Returns a function that can be used in a connect-like
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middleware. Takes the following options:
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* `projectRoots` array (required): Is the roots where your JavaScript
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file will exist
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* `blacklistRE` regexp: Is a patter to ignore certain paths from the
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packager
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* `polyfillModuleName` array: Paths to polyfills you want to be
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included at the start of the bundle
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* `cacheVersion` string: used in creating the cache file
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* `resetCache` boolean, defaults to false: whether to use the cache on
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disk
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* `transformModulePath` string: Path to the module used as a
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JavaScript transformer
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* `nonPersistent` boolean, defaults to false: Whether the server
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should be used as a persistent deamon to watch files and update
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itself
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* `assetRoots` array: Where should the packager look for assets
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### ReactPackager.buildPackageFromUrl(options, url)
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Build a package from a url (see the `.bundle` endpoint). `options` is
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the same options that is passed to `ReactPackager.middleware`
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### ReactPackager.getDependencies(options, main)
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Given an entry point module. Recursively collect all the dependent
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modules and return it as an array. `options` is the same options that
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is passed to `ReactPackager.middleware`
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## Debugging
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To get verbose output when running the packager, define an environment variable:
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export DEBUG=ReactNativePackager:*
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You can combine this with other values, e.g. `DEBUG=babel,ReactNativePackager:*`. Under the hood this uses the [`debug`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/debug) package, see its documentation for all the available options.
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The `/debug` endpoint discussed above is also useful.
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## FAQ
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### Can I use this in my own non-React Native project?
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Yes. It's not really tied to React Native, however feature development
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is informed by React Native needs.
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### Why didn't you use webpack?
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We love webpack, however, when we tried on our codebase it was slower
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than our developers would like it to be. You find can more discussion about
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the subject [here](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/5)
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