andrewb
Hi,
I have a new Phoenix project (Latest versions of everything) and have a problem when I use:
import socket from "./socket"
I am using jQuery to highlight my menu and each menu item has an icon from Font Awesome. In my app.js I am defining jQuery like this:
window.$ = $;
and the script in my base layout HTML is:
var page = window.location.pathname.split('/')[1]
$('#' + page).toggleClass('active')
I am also importing the icons in app.js:
import { faUser } from "@fortawesome/pro-light-svg-icons/faUser";
library.add(faUser);
when I use the import statement for sockets I get an error uncaught reference error: $ is undefined and my icons disappear.
I have tried moving script to view render function but same problem exists … only thing that fixes it is commenting out the import for sockets.
Thanks in advance,
Andrew
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peerreynders
That would imply Phoenix 1.4 and webpack.
Correction: For webpack 4 imports-loader.
GitHub
This might be a problem because as AFAIK webpack deals with modular JavaScript, not script in the page. So the easiest way to deal with that is to install Phoenix with
--no-webpack(see also).andrewb
Thanks, but it all works fine when not using Sockets … I am trying to work out why importing that script makes a difference.
Andrew
chensan
When using webpack, there’s no global
$. You have toimportit yourself, you might try:peerreynders
Just because it worked before doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
Mixing in-page script and modules is a Bad Idea™.
If you plan to use webpack move your code into a module (or all of it into
app.js). I described the process in principle here (for Brunch - but the idea is the same). For some more background into bundling see Modern JavaScript Explained For Dinosaurs.andrewb