Metro-Browserify

Support NodeJs modules within the WinJS runtime in an instant. This project was built to support Metronode

#Installation

1. Add MetroBrowserify NuGet Package to WinJS project via NuGet
2. Define your package.json in the project root:

{
	"name": "Winstore-Browserify",
	"version": "0.0.1",
	"description": "",
	"scripts": {},
	"dependencies": {
		"uniq": "*"
	},
	"author": "",
	"license": ""
}

3. Create a node module with the *.node.js extension (ie. entry.node.js):

var unique = require('uniq');
var data = [1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6];
console.log(unique(data));

4. Add reference to node module js file directly in your default.html:

<script src="/js/entry.node.js"></script>

Extras:

1. Clean-up unrequired files
   • Remove the 'npmPlaceholder.txt' (see NPM NuGet)
   • Exclude the ".bin" directory from project (see NODE NuGet)
2. Git Users
   • Add "*.cache" to .gitignore

#Samples & Explanation

See the WinStore Sample

The above sample shows that:

1. At build time, NPM, Node and Browserify will be installed relative to the project directory
2. Browserify compiles *.node.js files into *.node.js.cache variants
3. Cache versions of the node files are replaced in the Appx output

In result, the node module effectively runs like a champ in your Metro app.

#Disclaimer Not all Node Modules will run in Metro. This is caused by the fact that some modules have C++ or Native implementations that are not available in RT. Please test compiled functionality before production usage.

Special Thanks

• The Browserify Core Team
• The Wondering Goat, Eugene Oregon

#License The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Deep Element Software Services

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