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by anthonyshort 4313 days ago
index.js as the entry point for a module is pretty standard with projects built around Component and npm. It's bower and the lack of the standard there that creates the issue.
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bakareika 4313 days ago
As an author of a (small) number of npm+bower packages I must admit that nope, that's not "standard" in any meaningful way.
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TheHydroImpulse 4313 days ago
It's definitely standard in Node land and also Component(1). Bower, on the other hand, does not and thus is the culprit.
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skeoh 4313 days ago
index.js is only 'standard' in node insofar as it is the fallback entry point if a package.json file is not found or does not specify a 'main' file.
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lobster_johnson 4313 days ago
It's only moderately common. Just took a look at a project of ours, and of 565 packages, only 261 (46%) had an index.js.
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