使用rekuire，requirish或rfr解决Node.js时找不到模块

Question

I'd like to avoid the complex relative path issue described here by using one of the recommended solutions. I've come across three similar libraries:

• rekuire
• node-rfr aka Require from Root
• requirish

I've tried all three and all are failing with "module not found" or a similar error which makes me believe I'm doing something fundamentally wrong. I'm relatively inexperienced with npm/node. I'm only using node in the browser using browserify to bundle my app into a single JS file.

Here's my extremely simple hello world example:

Structure:

lib/Bob.js
app.js

Bob.js

function Bob() {
    return "I am bob";
}

module.exports = Bob;

app.js

var Bob = require('./lib/Bob.js');

console.log(Bob());

Bundling into a single JS:

browserify app.js -o bundle.js

Chrome's console successfully outputs "I am Bob".

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Now if I try and of the libraries, let's say requirish:

REQUIRISH:

npm install requirish

app.js changes

'use strict';

require('requirish')._(module);
var Bob = require('lib/Bob');

console.log(Bob());

Bundling changes

browserify -t requirish app.js > bundle.js

I get the following error:

Error: Cannot find module '/lib/Bob' from '/Users/ngb/projects/MyApp/src/main/resources/public/js/hello'
at /Users/ngb/.nvm/v0.10.30/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/resolve/lib/async.js:42:25

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RFR:

'use strict';

var rfr = require('rfr');
var Bob = rfr('lib/Bob');

console.log(Bob());

Building

browserify app.js -o bundle.js -d

Chrome's console outputs the following error:

Uncaught Error: Cannot find module 'lib/Bob'

Answer 1

The Browserify can find module by parse string "require". If you want to use both side client and server, use rfr for server side and browserify-rfr for browserify's transform.

In my opinion, the "rfr" is the best because this module does not override original require.

------- Notice! Additional Information, As today browserify-rfr version leaves my local file path to bundle.js. This may cause another problem, so I chose requirish . Since the requirish changes behavior of original require by pushing a new path to module.paths, you always notice that and alert your coworker!

thanks!

https://www.npmjs.com/package/requirish