Browser package management with modular dependency and version management. https://jspm.io
- Installs version-managed modular packages along with their dependencies from any jspm endpoint, currently supporting GitHub, npm and the jspm Registry.
- Carefully resolves version ranges within semver compatibility clearly verifying any version forks.
- Creates the SystemJS version configuration file for the package.
- Supports working with ES6 modules.
Build into a bundle or inject a flat dependency tree for flat multiplexing in production.
jspm install npm:voxel-demo
No package.json found, would you like to create one? [yes]:
Enter packages folder [jspm_packages]:
Enter config file path [config.js]:
Configuration file config.js not found, create it? [y]:
Checking versions for npm:voxel-demo
Downloading npm:voxel-demo@0.0.1
Checking versions for npm:gl-now
Checking versions for npm:gl-tile-map
Checking versions for npm:gl-vao
Checking versions for npm:gl-buffer
Checking versions for npm:gl-matrix
Checking versions for npm:ndarray
Checking versions for npm:ndarray-fill
Checking versions for npm:ndarray-ops
Checking versions for npm:ao-mesher
Checking versions for npm:ao-shader
Checking versions for npm:gl-shader
Checking versions for github:jspm/nodelibs
Downloading npm:gl-now@0.0.4
Downloading npm:gl-tile-map@0.3.0
Downloading npm:gl-buffer@0.1.2
Downloading npm:gl-matrix@2.0.0
Downloading npm:gl-vao@0.0.3
Downloading github:jspm/nodelibs@0.0.2
Downloading npm:ndarray-fill@0.1.0
Downloading npm:ao-shader@0.2.3
Downloading npm:ndarray-ops@1.1.1
...
The above populates a jspm_packages folder in the current directory, and generates a config.js file containing the SystemJS loader configuration.
We can load this demo with:
<!doctype html>
<script src="jspm_packages/system@0.6.js"></script>
<script src="config.js"></script>
<script>
System.import('npm:voxel-demo')
.catch(function(e) {
setTimeout(function() {
throw e;
});
});
</script>- Install jspm CLI:
npm install jspm -g
- Create a project:
cd my-project
jspm init
No package.json found, would you like to create one? [yes]:
Enter packages folder [jspm_packages]:
Enter config file path [config.js]:
Configuration file config.js not found, create it? [y]:
ok Loader files downloaded successfully
ok Verified package.json at package.json
Verified config file at config.js
The application name is used to require anything from the application code folder lib, instead of from the jspm registry.
A require to app/main will load lib/main.js in this example.
Sets up the package.json and configuration file.
- Download the SystemJS loader files
jspm dl-loader
Downloading loader files to jspm_packages
system@0.4.js
es6-module-loader@0.4.1.js
traceur@0.0.10.js
- Install any packages from the jspm Registry, GitHub or npm:
jspm install npm:lodash-node
jspm install github:components/jquery
jspm install jquery
Any npm or Github package can be installed in this way.
Most npm packages will install without any configuration necessary. Github packages may need to be configured for jspm first. Read the guide here on configuring packages for jspm.
All installs are saved into the package.json, so that the jspm_packages folder and configuration file can be entirely recreated with a single jspm install call with no arguments. This is ideal for version-controlled projects where third party packages aren't saved in the repo itself.
The config.js file is updated with the version information and the version is locked down.
- In an HTML page include the downloaded SystemJS loader along with the automatically generated configuration file (
config.js), then load the modules:
<script src="jspm_packages/system@0.4.js"></script>
<script src="config.js"></script>
<script>
System.import('npm:lodash-node/modern/objects/isEqual').then(function(isEqual) {
});
System.import('github:components/jquery').then(function($) {
});
System.import('jquery').then(function($) {
});
</script>- Most npm modules should install without any additional configuration.
- Most Github modules that are not already in the registry, will need some package configuration in order to work correctly with
jspm install github:my/module.
Read the guide on configuring packages for jspm here.
If you are having any trouble configuring a package for jspm, please just post an issue and we'll help get it configured.
jspm install jquery
Automatically downloads and sets the configuration map for the loader.
This is equivalent to writing:
jspm install jquery=github:components/jquery
The jspm registry just provides a mapping from a name into an endpoint package name.
The npm and Github endpoints are both served by CDN, which is automatically configured in jspm.
We can switch the CDN version with a single command:
jspm setmode remote
This updates the configuration to now load all the packages from the CDN directly instead of the jspm_packages folder. The app will still behave identically, but we retain the version-lock configuration.
Revert back to the local files with:
jspm setmode local
If using the CDN version, use jspm inject instead of jspm install. This will inject the configuration into config.js without
downloading the repo to jspm_packages, making it a quicker install.
jspm inject jquery
Looking up jquery in registry
Checking versions for npm:jquery
ok github:jspm/nodelibs@0.0.2 (0.0.2)
ok Injected jquery as npm:jquery@^2.1.1 (2.1.1)
ok Loader set to CDN library sources
ok Install complete
Inject locks down exact versions allowing for a stable development environment.
jspm update
All packages will be checked, and versions upgraded where necessary.
Use -f or --force with the install command to overwrite and redownload all dependencies.
Use -h or --https to download with https instead of alternative protocols.
Use -o or --override to force-set the package override for a package that needs extra configuration. See https://github.com/jspm/registry#testing-package-overrides.
There are two main workflows for production:
- Compile into a bundle.
- Cache the dependency tree for flat multiplexing via SPDY / HTTP2.
jspm bundle app/main build.js
Creates a file build.js containing app/main and all its dependencies.
We can then load this with a script tag in the page:
<!doctype html>
<script src="jspm_packages/system@0.6.js"></script>
<script src="build.js"></script>
<script>
System.import('app/main')
.catch(function(e) {
setTimeout(function() {
throw e;
});
});
</script>Note that bundles also support compiling ES6 code. To try out a demonstration of this, clone the ES6 demo repo here.
jspm bundle app/main - react build.js
Creates a file build.js containing app/main and all its dependencies (excluding react)
jspm bundle app/main + moment build.js
Creates a file build.js containing app/main and all its dependencies (adding moment)
jspm bundle app/main - react + moment build.js
Creates a file build.js containing app/main and all its dependencies (excluding react / adding moment)
The jspm CDN uses SPDY, optimal cache headers, and minified files, making this workflow suitable for production use.
The remaining performance issue is the round trip latency required to load deep dependencies, as we only find out the dependencies of a module once we have fetched that module, before fetching its dependencies in turn.
We can get around this by injecting the full dependency tree upfront into a dependency cache, so that all dependencies can be fetched in parallel.
jspm depcache app/main
The above will trace the full tree for app/main and inject it into the config.js depCache.
Now any imports will load the full tree in parallel, reducing the latency delay to one round trip.
To set GitHub authentication to avoid rate limits, enter your GitHub credentials with:
jspm config github.username myusername
jspm config github.password mypassword
- Type
jspm --helpfor command list. - Read the SystemJS documentation here.
- Add new items to the jspm registry repo by providing a pull request.
- Read more on configuring packages for jspm.
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