Incompatibility between Node.js core libs and webpack's lib

[azu]

I've collected the gap between Node.js core lib and webpack/browserify's shim lib.

Latest results is in following repository.

• azu/node-browser-shim-gap: The gap issue between Node.js and Browser shims..

Env

• Node.js 10.0.0
• webpack 4.6.0

Gap list

Node.js	Browser shim	Issue	Link
assert	defunctzombie/commonjs-assert	Error code and Error message are different	Issue, Article
		assert.deepEqual does't support Map, Set, Iterator etc...	Issue, Document, Release
		require("assert").strict	Docs, Release
buffer	feross/buffer	---
child_process	---	---
cluster	---	---
console	Raynos/console-browserify	---
constants	juliangruber/constants-browserify	---
crypto	crypto-browserify/crypto-browserify	---
dgram	---	---
dns	---	---
domain	bevry/domain-browser	---
events	Gozala/events	eventNames	Issue
		getMaxListeners	Issue
		prependListener	Issue
		prependOnceListener	Issue
		off	Issue
fs	---	---
http	jhiesey/stream-http	---
https	substack/https-browserify	---
module	---	---
net	---	---
os	CoderPuppy/os-browserify	os.constants
path	substack/path-browserify	path.posix	Issue
		path.parse(path)	Issue
		path.win32
		path.format(pathObject)
process	shtylman/node-process	process.channel
		process.platform	Issue
		process.execArgv	Issue
		process.cpuUsage([previousValue])
		process.emitWarning(warning[, options])
punycode	bestiejs/punycode.js	---
querystring	mike-spainhower/querystring	---
readline	---	---
repl	---	---
stream	substack/stream-browserify	---
string_decoder	rvagg/string_decoder	---	Repository
sys	defunctzombie/node-util	---
timers	jryans/timers-browserify	---
tls	---	---
tty	substack/tty-browserify	---
url	defunctzombie/node-url	url.URL(WHATWG URL)	Release, Document, Issue
		url.format does't support WHATWG URL	Release, Document
util	defunctzombie/node-util	util.callbackify(original)
		util.inspect.custom
		util.inspect.defaultOptions
		util.promisify(original)
		util.promisify.custom
		util.inspect() options maxArrayLength, breakLength
		util.isDeepStrictEqual
vm	substack/vm-browserify	vm.isContext(sandbox)
zlib	devongovett/browserify-zlib	zlib.bytesRead

Tests

Also, I've written the test for these new methods/properties.

• node-browser-shim-gap/test.js at master · azu/node-browser-shim-gap

Node.js 10 pass the tests, but the code that is bundled by webpack is failed.

• webpack 4.6.0: https://travis-ci.org/azu/node-browser-shim-gap/jobs/373433188

[goto-bus-stop]

eventNames, getMaxListeners, prependListener and prependOnceListener are available in [email protected] (https://github.com/webpack/node-libs-browser/pull/74). off will be available in [email protected].

[billiegoose]

path.posix, path.parse, and parth.format are available in [email protected]

[jhnns]

@azu thanks for compiling that list. That will definitely be helpful when updating the libraries 👍

We can't do that too frequently as updating these libraries might be breaking change for a lot of people.

[niksy]

Since node-libs-browser is not active and updated anymore, I’ve taken time and created package which is based on this one but updates it to modern implementation.