using community components via npm?

[jsierles]

I know one target of this project is to avoid npm, but there's a huge growing list of useful components. Would it be possible to use npm to at least pull these in for use until they are also supported by cocoapods?

An alternative would be finding a way to require symlinked copies of components. Maybe I'm missing something - is there an easy way to require a js file from Opal?

[zetachang]

Actually you can put whatever js file downloaded in the manifest file https://github.com/zetachang/opal-native/blob/master/app/bundle.js, and sprockets will package them. But since sprockets don't know about module system of JS, webpack or browserify maybe useful when integrating other JS libraries.

As far as I know, there is currently no easy way to require a js file from Opal. And I am still looking for better solution too. 😉

[jsierles]

I saw node's require was added, maybe it will help. I'll try afew things this week.

https://github.com/opal/opal/blob/5fca5b1c7c2b6c6e657507decb79a44ee501c044/stdlib/nodejs/kernel.rb

[zetachang]

I am working https://github.com/zetachang/opalrb-loader, which let you integrate opal to webpack rather than current Sprockets setup.

The good part is that webpack know how to resolve require statement in the JS.