Root directory in package.json

Question

My question concerns an existing library that I wish to publish as an NPM module. The library is already in use, and currently required via the local file syste

Answer 1

As the doc says:

The main field is a module ID that is the primary entry point to your program.

So you'll have something like "main": "src/js/lib/my/app.js" in your package.json file.

I would suggest you to create an app.js file and module.exports your different children. For example:

 module.exports.thing = require('./thing');
 module.exports.that = require('./that');

And use them like this:

var mylib = require('mylib')
  , thing = mylib.thing
  , that = mylib.that;