global export

[jasonkarns]

I see that the SDK compiles a browser distributable via webpack. However, I don't see what the globally exported variable name is for the distributable. Unfortunately none of the docs show usage other than require(... which isn't helpful.

More specifically, if webpack's configuration option output.library were set explicitly, this variable name would be abundantly clear.

[mikeproeng37]

Thanks for bringing this up @jasonkarns. I've created an item on our backlog to address this for the next release.

[jasonkarns]

Cool! In the interim, could you share exactly what the exported variable name actually is?

[mikeproeng37]

We actually aren't exporting it globally. This is something we missed in our implementation, sorry! The only way to use it currently would be via CommonJS. We'll be working on exposing a global variable soon.

[jasonkarns]

How is that possible? Webpack defaults to exporting via global variable if output.libraryTarget isn't specified (it defaults to var). https://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#output-librarytarget

And your current webpack config clearly does not set libraryTarget:

javascript-sdk/webpack.config.js

Lines 21 to 24 in 7e1398c

	output: {
	filename: 'optimizely.min.js',
	path: './dist'
	},

[mikeproeng37]

I believe because we do not have the output.library option defined it is not exporting anything globally at all.

I have a PR open for this: #18
Just waiting for our tests to pass in order to release it