How can I exclude code path when bundling with webpack/browserify?

Question

I have a library that can be used with both node.js and the browser. I am using CommonJS then publishing for the web version using webpack. My code looks like this:

Answer 1

This worked best for me

var _process;

try {
    _process = eval("process");  // avoid browserify shim
} catch (e) {}

var isNode = typeof _process==="object" && _process.toString()==="[object process]";

as Node will return true and not only will the browser return false, but browserify will not include its process shim when compiling your code. As a result, your browserified code will be smaller.

Edit: I wrote a package to handle this more cleanly: broquire