faqs-and-troubleshooting.md

FAQs/Troubleshooting

Does Reboost support bundling?

Same as the previous question. Reboost doesn't support bundling. You have to use a bundler (Webpack, Rollup, etc.) to bundle up your files.

Will Reboost ever support bundling for production

For now, we are only focusing on the development build. We may think about it on future.

Something is not working

If something is not working, you can try deleting your cache directory (which defaults to .reboost_cache). If it's still not working then please open an issue.

My modules are not working with CommonJS modules

You have to configure Reboost to properly support CommonJS modules.

esbuild is showing error when transforming TypeScript files

By default, Reboost's esbuildPlugin treats ts files as tsx files. This can cause problems in TypeScript files when generics are used. You can fix it by adjusting your reboost.js file to match this

const { start, builtInPlugins: { esbuildPlugin } } = require('reboost');

start({
  // ... Other options

  plugins: [
    esbuildPlugin({
      loaders: {
        ts: 'ts'
      }
    }),
    
    // ... Other plugins
  ]
});

How can I use <insert_tool_name> with Reboost?

You can use any tool with Reboost as long as you can implement it as a plugin. You can read more about how to create a plugin. Also, you can create an issue about supporting a certain tool, then we will see if we can implement it or not.

What if I want to use any other server?

Reboost's content server is static, it just serves the file. If you want to use any other server (like browser-sync or your own HTTP server) you can do that, you've to just serve the generated scripts which are in your output directory. Reboost will handle the rest.