Bloat loader for webpack

bloat-loader is a webpack loader that will replace all import declarations with the requested file's source code. Effectively, bloating your code from this:

import FooBar from 'app/directory/FooBar';

const instance = new FooBar();
instance.init();

...to something like this:

class FooBar {
  constructor() {
    this.foo = 'bar';
  }
  init() {
    return this.foo;
  }
}

const instance = new FooBar();
instance.init();

Currently Supported Syntax (v0.4.0):

Directly import the default:

import myDefault from 'my-module'

Import a single member of a module:

import { myMember } from 'my-module'

Import multiple members of a module:

import { foo, bar } from 'my-module'

Import a member with a more convenient alias:

import { reallyReallyLongModuleMemberName as shortName } from 'my-module'

Import multiple members of a module with aliases:

import { reallyReallyLongModuleMemberName as shortName, anotherLongModuleName as short } from 'my-module'

Import an entire module's contents:

import * as myModule from 'my-module'

See the bloat-loader feature roadmap for more information on upcoming syntax support.

Install

Via npm install

npm install bloat-loader --save-dev

Requirements

bloat-loader uses ES2015+ features and requires Node 4.4.5 or above

Usage

Intended Usage

This loader should (probably) never be applied to an entire project and is intended for use cases where compiling a class or method's dependencies into one source is particularly useful (e.g. when creating a Bookmarklet).

Apply via webpack config

module.exports = {
  ...
  module: {
    loaders: [
      {
        test: /\.js$/,
        loaders: ['bloat-loader'],
        include: path.join(__dirname, 'app/myBloatedFiles')
      }
    ]
  }
};

When using Babel or another transpiler, bloat-loader must be applied beforehand so that it's result can be transpiled:

...
        loaders: ['babel', 'bloat-loader'],
...