Bacon.js asEventStream with Browersify & jQuery

[michaeljones]

This might tie into issue #319 but I've been trying to get Bacon.js to work with Browserify and play nicely with jQuery. I'm new to the whole JS environment so I'm struggling a little. At the moment I seem to have to do this:

var $ = require('jquery');
var Bacon = require('baconjs').Bacon;
$.fn.asEventStream = Bacon.$.asEventStream;

ie. do the patching of asEventStream from Bacon.$ onto $ myself as the patching code in the Bacon source doesn't seem to be running in this situation.

It seems to work, but it is a shame that it doesn't just magically work without the extra line. Though given my lack of experience, I've no idea whether this needs fixing or if Browserify is not used widely enough to warrant it or if I'm simply making a silly mistake somewhere.

Thanks,
Michael

[raimohanska]

This is related to baconjs/bacon.model#2

Some thought and work should indeed be put into making Bacon, JQuery, Bacon.JQuery and Bacon.Model play well together, so that they always use the same instance of $ and Bacon, and plugins are correctly installed.

[raimohanska]

But right now, I think you need that patch.

[michaeljones]

Much appreciated. Happy to keep the patch in for the moment.

Thanks for Bacon.js, even in its simplest application it has saved me a great deal of time and effort.