almond integration

[jzaefferer]

This is more of a support request then a bug report. I've got pretty far along, though can't get the almond integration working.

My config looks like this:

requirejs: {
    almond: true,
    replaceRequireScript: [{
        files: ['index.html'],
        module: '/js/main-built'
    }],
    baseUrl: "js",
    paths: {
        'hbs': 'libs/hbs',
        'Handlebars': 'libs/Handlebars',
        'Backbone': 'libs/backbone',
        'underscore': 'libs/underscore',
        'bootstrap': 'libs/bootstrap',
        'json2': 'libs/json2',
        'Rickshaw': 'libs/rickshaw',
        'validate': 'libs/jquery.validate'
    },
    hbs: {
        templateExtension : 'hbs',
        stylesDir : '/static/css/',
        disableI18n: true
    },
    modules: [{name: 'main'}],
    out: "js/main-built.js"
}

There are multiple issues:

• replaceRequireScript with almond:true has no effect, even though it would still be useful in this setup
• the module property of items in the replaceRequireScript array is ignored, though I'd like that to be used for the src-attribute in tasks/require.js:146
• Once the above works, I end up with a main-built.js. When loading that, I get a script error about window.require being undefined. My main.js calls require. If I change that to use define, I don't get an error, but nothing is executed.

So close...

[asciidisco]

Mhh,

could you try to replace the "module" property in the "replaceRequireScript" property with the name of the main module?!

Yours:

    replaceRequireScript: [{
        files: ['index.html'],
        module: '/js/main-built'
    }]

How i think that it should look like:

    replaceRequireScript: [{
        files: ['index.html'],
        module: 'main'
    }]

Please tell me if that helped.
Else i will look deeper into that issue ;)

Regards.

[jzaefferer]

That doesn't help. Currently that property is ignored, only the files property is used.

[asciidisco]

Ahh, got it.
Lets see if i can fix this within the next hour ;)
Hold on...

[asciidisco]

You are now able to add a 'modulePath' configuration setting to your replaceRequireScript config.
I´ve also added this to the README, that´s something you have to do, when specifying the 'out' property.

Hopefully that helps:

    replaceRequireScript: [{
        files: ['index.html'],
        module: 'main',
        modulePath: '/js/main-built'
    }]

I don´t know if we get rid off all your issues, but this might be a step towards.
I tested it roughly with a configuration similar to yours.

[jzaefferer]

That fixes the almond aspect, but I still have the other problem mentioned above:

• Once the above works, I end up with a main-built.js. When loading that, I get a script error about window.require being undefined. My main.js calls require. If I change that to use define, I don't get an error, but nothing is executed.

Actually require exists, but isn't a function. No idea yet why that isn't working.

[asciidisco]

Just a guess,
have you tried to wrap your generated file like shown here:

https://github.com/jrburke/almond#usage

[jzaefferer]

That works! Dunno why, but that's okay. Maybe add wrap:true to the example in the readme?

[asciidisco]

Yeah, snd. time a hear from someone using the plugin successfully :D

I don´t know why, in my configuration, if i add wrap=true, i get some weird errors.
Maybe it´s about the layout of my main.js module file...

Nevertheless,
i added some info to the readme about the wrap issue,
closing this one here.