How to include node_modules in a separate browserify vendor bundle

Question

I am trying to convert an AngularJS app to use browserify. I have installed all my bower packages in node_modules using napa. Now I want to browserify them into a separate vendo

Answer 1

I also face this issue. Because it was huge file when all vendor library in same file. So browser always stuck with downloading more than 10MB file. File minification also was not solution because it was take more time to compile and that was not helpful for development.

I have kept vendor.js and app.js for separate node modules and application scripts. It's like this.

Sample vendor.js (src/app/vendor.js)

/**
 * Node modules
 */
require('angular');
require('angular-cookies');
require('angular-ui-router');
require('angular-aria');
require('angular-animate');
....

Sample app.js (src/app/app.js)

/**
 * App Common Modules
 */
require('./modules/about/about.routing.js');
require('./modules/home/home.routing.js');

/**
 * Services
 */
require('./shared/services/order.js');
require('./shared/services/product.js');


/**
 * Directives
 */
require('./shared/directives/dropzone.js');
require('./shared/directives/tab-change.js');


angular
    .module('myApp', [
        //------------- Node modules ------------//
        'ui.router',
        'ngMaterial',


        //------------- App Common modules ------------//

        //About
        'cloudDecor.routing.about',
        'cloudDecor.controller.about',


        //Home
        'cloudDecor.routing.home',
        'cloudDecor.controller.home',


        //------------- Services --------------//

        'cloudDecor.service.order',


        //------------- Directives ------------//
        'cloudDecor.directive.dropzone',
        'cloudDecor.directive.tab-change'

    ]);

gulpfile.js

var gulp = require('gulp'),   
    browserify = require('browserify'),
    uglify = require('gulp-uglify'),
    buffer = require('vinyl-buffer');


//App js
gulp.task('app_js', function() {
    // Grabs the app.js file
    browserify({
            entries: ['./src/app/app.js'],
            debug: true
        })
        .bundle()
        .pipe(source('main.js'))
        .pipe(buffer())
        .pipe(gulp.dest('./build/'));
});

//Vendor js
gulp.task('vendor_js', function() {
    // Grabs the app.js file
    browserify({
        entries: ['./src/app/vendor.js']
    })
    .bundle()
    .pipe(source('vendor.min.js'))
    .pipe(buffer())
    .pipe(uglify({ mangle: false }))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('./build/'));
});

gulp.task('default', ['app_js', 'vendor_js']);

Make sure include vendor.js before use main.js in index.html