JavaScript Frameworks for Modern Web Development: The Essential Frameworks, Libraries, and Tools to Learn Right Now

© Sufyan bin Uzayr, Nicholas Cloud, Tim Ambler 2019

S. bin Uzayr et al.JavaScript Frameworks for Modern Web Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4995-6_5

5. Browserify

Sufyan bin Uzayr¹ , Nicholas Cloud² and Tim Ambler³

(1)

Al Manama, United Arab Emirates

(2)

Florissant, MO, USA

(3)

Nashville, TN, USA

 

Less is more.

—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Browserify is a JavaScript module loader that works around the language’s current lack of support for importing modules within the browser by serving as a “pre-processor” for your code. In much the same way that CSS extensions such as SASS and LESS have brought enhanced syntax support to stylesheets, Browserify enhances client-side JavaScript applications by recursively scanning their source code for calls ...