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Install Glide.js in Rails 6 with Webpack

I created a new Rails 6 project and I'm trying to install the third party javascript library Glide.js via Webpack. However, it seems like I'm missing a crucial step because it's not working.

What I've done so far:

  1. Install Glide.js with yarn: yarn add @glidejs/glide
  2. Require Glide.js in /app/javascript/packs/application.js: 
 require("jquery")
 require("@glidejs/glide")
 require("@rails/ujs").start()
 require("turbolinks").start()
 require("@rails/activestorage").start()
 require("channels")

 import "bootstrap"
 import "../stylesheets/application"

 document.addEventListener("turbolinks:load", () => {
     $('[data-toggle="tooltip"]').tooltip()
     $('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover()
})
  1. Add javascript_pack_tag in /app/views/layouts/application.html.erb:
<head>
  <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
  <%= csp_meta_tag %>

  <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
  <%= stylesheet_pack_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
  <%= javascript_pack_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
</head>

When I start the rails server and try to create a Glide object in the web console, I receive the error:

> new Glide({})
> ReferenceError: Glide is not defined

How can I install Glide.js successfully?

Solution

  • Instead of CommonJS require use ES6 import

    import "bootstrap"
import Glide from "@glidejs/glide"
import "../stylesheets/application"