Interactivity API: Add build configuration for a standalone package #61681
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I'll try to give this a proper review at some point, but honestly I'm swamped right now. A quick comment is that I'd stay away from language like "CDN" which is more about how things are served. Instead, I'd talk about "standalone" which I think better indicates the goal here - to have a single file that includes everything necessary and removes the need to bundle/compile. |
That's a very good point, I've updated it. Naming is hard 🙂 |
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Just a note that in case we go ahead with this, we should apply the similar changes to the |
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What?
Configure webpack in the Gutenberg repo so that a minified and bundled version of the Interactivity API is also available inside of the built
@wordpress/interactivitynpm package.Why?
A few people asked to use Interactivity API without WordPress and without a build system. they would like to be able to import the package from a CDN and "just use" the Interactivity API.
With this configuration in place, we could then submit
@wordpress/interactivityto cdn.js and have it always pull the latest versionIt is a very common pattern among JS libraries to provide a standalone build. e.g.
petite-vueandalpine.jsboth provide it. We should follow suit. It's not a very important feature in and of itself but having it contributes to the perception that the Interactivity API is easy to use and easy to get started with.How?
Adding a new webpack config and a
buildscript to thepackage.jsonof@wordpress/interactivity. This build script is then run bylernabefore the packages are published (see the"prebuild:packages"in thepackage.jsonat the root of the repo).Testing Instructions
npm run build:packagesand make sure that the Interactivity API buildsbuild-cdnindex-standalone.min.jsfile and on a page that uses the interactivity API and make sure that it works.packages/interactivity/build-cdnfolder is ignored by the editor andgit.