Webpack + Babel: ReferenceError: {My class} is not defined

Question

I am newbie in development with Webpack and Babel.

I created a JS class for example:

export default class Log4js {

    #current_appender; 
}

When I try to create a js variable of my class in Firefox browser console, I got the following error:

 ReferenceError: Log4js is not defined [... ] <... > http://localhost:8080/:11

This is my webpack.config.js :

const path = require('path');
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin')

//Webpack configuration
const webpack_config = {

    //entrypoint
    entry: './src/Log4js.js',

    //Developemnt mode
    mode: 'development',

    //Path tu bundle
    output: {
        path: path.resolve(__dirname, './libs/bundle'),
        filename: 'log4js.js'
    },

    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.js$/,
                exclude: /node_modules/,
                use: ['babel-loader'],
            }
        ]
    },

    plugins: [],
};

//Export webpack config
module.exports = webpack_config;

My "package.json" file:

{
  "name": "webpack-babel-demo",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "build": "webpack"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "^7.10.4",
    "path": "^0.12.7",
    "webpack": "^4.43.0",
    "webpack-cli": "^3.3.12"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@babel/cli": "^7.10.5",
    "@babel/core": "^7.10.5",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.10.4",
    "babel-loader": "^8.1.0"
  }
}

And my ".babelrc" field:

{
    "presets": [
        "@babel/preset-env"
    ],
    "plugins": [
        "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties"
    ]
}

Firefox version: 77.0.1;

My html code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Hello world!</title>
</head>
<body>

    <script src="log4js.js" type="module"></script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        var LOGGER = new log4js();
    </script>
</body>
</html>

I tried:

import webpack bundle with {type="module"} in <script> tag;
Use "export" and "export default" in "log4js.js" class definition;
Use "import" statement in <script> tag in html file;

Answer 1

If you want to expose functionality from your bundle then you need to output as a library:

// webpack.config.js

output: {
  path: path.resolve(__dirname, './libs/bundle'),
  filename: 'log4js.js'
  library: 'Log4js' // <-- ADD THIS
},

You should then be able to reference Log4js in other scripts.

You can fid the docs here for more options:
https://webpack.js.org/configuration/output/#outputlibrary

Webpack + Babel: ReferenceError: {My class} is not defined

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solution1
0 ACCPTED 2020-07-17 14:29:04

Webpack + Babel: ReferenceError: {My class} is not defined

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solution1 0 ACCPTED 2020-07-17 14:29:04

solution1
0 ACCPTED 2020-07-17 14:29:04