node path

Author: ORESoftware

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+
+# Example project - using NODE_PATH env variable
+
+
+run any of the index.sh files, and you will see how NODE_PATH incorporates the node_modules folder from the
+parent directory.

foobar1/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const webpack = require('webpack');
+
+console.log('webpack =>', webpack);
+assert(webpack);

foobar1/index.sh

@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+parent_node_modules="$(dirname $(dirname $(npm root)))/node_modules";
+
+echo "parent_node_modules => $parent_node_modules"
+
+NODE_PATH="$NODE_PATH:$parent_node_modules" node .  # same as: node index.js

foobar2/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const webpack = require('webpack');
+
+console.log('webpack =>', webpack);
+assert(webpack);

foobar2/index.sh

@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+parent_node_modules="$(dirname $(dirname $(npm root)))/node_modules";
+
+echo "parent_node_modules => $parent_node_modules"
+
+NODE_PATH="$NODE_PATH:$parent_node_modules" node . # same as: node index.js

foobar3/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const webpack = require('webpack');
+
+console.log('webpack =>', webpack);
+assert(webpack);

foobar3/index.sh

@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+parent_node_modules="$(dirname $(dirname $(npm root)))/node_modules";
+
+echo "parent_node_modules => $parent_node_modules"
+
+NODE_PATH="$NODE_PATH:$parent_node_modules" node .   # same as: node index.js