使用 NodeJS 别名模块

Question

Some context here: It's not that I cannot use Webpack, it's that I do not want to use Webpack . I would like to keep everything as "vanilla" as possible.

Currently when creating modules in a project you have to require them using either a relative or absolute path, for example in the following directory..

project/
├── index.js
├── lib/
│   ├── network/
│   │      request.js
│   │      response.js
├── pages/
│   ├── foo.js

Considering we're in index.js we would import request via

var networkRequest = require('./lib/network/request.js')

and if we're in foo.js we would import request via

var networkRequest = require('../lib/network/request.js')

What I'm wondering is that if there's any way to perhaps, set a local alias in Package.json or anywhere else like so:

localPackages = [
    { name: 'network-request', path: './lib/network/request.js' }
];

In which you could just do

var networkRequest = require('network-request')

From any file and it will provide the correct path.

Answer 1

Yep, that's what npm link is for. Native and out of the box.

You can also set local paths in package.json

{
  "name": "baz",
  "dependencies": {
    "bar": "file:../foo/bar"
  }
}