var-library-alias-webpack-plugin v1.0.1

var-library-alias-webpack-plugin

Webpack plugin to create an alias for var library builds. Works both with webpack 5 and webpack 4.

Install

npm install --saved-dev var-library-alias-webpack-plugin or yarn add --dev var-library-alias-webpack-plugin

Usage

1. Require plugin at the top of your webpack.config.js

const VarLibraryAliasWebpackPlugin = require('var-library-alias-webpack-plugin');

2. Add a plugin to plugins array

module.exports = {
  output: {
    ...
    libraryTarget: 'var',
    library: 'MyLib',
  },
  ...
  plugins: [
    new VarLibraryAliasWebpackPlugin({
      alias: 'MyLibAlias',
    }),
  ...
}

Following config will result in this code

var MyLib=function(e){ ...WEBPACK GENERATED CODE... }();var MyLibAlias=MyLib;

Options

alias - name of the library alias