node-native-loader

A webpack loader for node native modules (.node/C++ binaries).

What it does

This loader moves all relevant files (generally, .node files) to the output path, then uses
relative paths to load them, so that they can be loaded in a consistent location across different
builds of an app (development vs packaged, etc.).

It is similar to node-relative-loader, but
has a number of problematic options removed, and works consistently on Windows (whereas the
aforementioned module often generates non-working require statements).

Usage

``javascript
// In your webpack config

// For an application that outputs files to ./app/dist, and starts from ./app/index:
const config = {
// ...
module: {
loaders: {
// ...
{
test: /\.node$/,
// from is where paths will be made relative to
loader: 'node-native?from=app',
},
}
}
}
`

A note on webpack-dev-server

If you're using webpack-dev-server (or webpack-dev-middleware), you probably also want to add
write-file-webpack-plugin to your
configuration for all .node` files, so that they still get written to the filesystem and can be
required consistently.

License

MIT