Javascript Library Boilerplate Basic
Minimal Library Starter Kit for your Javascript projects
If you like TypeScript, check out ts-library-boilerplate-basic.
Want a more robust (yet bulkier) alternative? Check out js-library-boilerplate.
⭐️ Features
- Webpack 5
- Babel 7
- Hot reloading (
npm start
) - UMD exports, so your library works everywhere.
- Jest unit testing
- Customizable file headers for your build (Example 1) (Example2)
- Daily dependabot dependency updates
📦 Getting Started
git clone https://github.com/hodgef/js-library-boilerplate-basic.git myLibrary
npm install
💎 Customization
Before shipping, make sure to:
- Edit
LICENSE
file - Edit
package.json
information (These will be used to generate the headers for your built files) - Edit
library: "MyLibrary"
with your library's export name in./webpack.config.js
🚀 Deployment
npm publish
- Your users can include your library as usual
npm
import MyLibrary from 'my-library';
const libraryInstance = new MyLibrary();
...
self-host/cdn
<script src="build/index.js"></script>
const MyLibrary = window.MyLibrary.default;
const libraryInstance = new MyLibrary();
...
✅ Libraries built with this boilerplate
Made a library using this starter kit? Share it here by submitting a pull request!
- Canvas-Txt - A library to print multiline text on HTML5 canvas with better line breaks and alignments
- moon-phase-widget - Super tiny javascript library to add awesome moon phase widget to your website
- simple-keyboard-autocorrect - Autocorrect module for simple-keyboard
- simple-keyboard-input-mask - Input mask module for simple-keyboard
- simple-keyboard-key-navigation - Key navigation module for simple-keyboard
- swipe-keyboard - Swype type keyboard module for simple-keyboard