Stacks.js: Add javascript without package manager docs

[moxiegirl]

@markmhx wrote on Slack:

I didn't even realize this was possible through our own documentation, had to google search to find the forum post where someone asked https://forum.blockstack.org/t/how-can-i-import-blockstack-js-as-a-script-without-using-a-package-manager/5881/3

Blockstack Forum
How can I import blockstack.js as a script without using a package manager?
Yes! You can download blockstack.js from the dist folder and use it without npm! https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack.js/tree/master/dist This is how we use it in both our ruby blockstack omniauth strategy and blockstack-android libraries. I added an issue to update our readme and make this more clear! Thank you for the feedback!!! https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack.js/issues/517
Aug 2nd

But my sense is that letting someone play around with blockstack via a web-based code editor like CodePen (already prepopulated with some starter code?) could be very potent

[moxiegirl]

@markmhx I've put this up as good first task in case a contributor wants to pick it up. But it is labeled docs so also on my todo.

[tpscrpt]

@moxiegirl @markmhx I've setup a AWS CodeBuild trigger which gets master and compiles a .min.js every hour. The result can be found at https://s3.amazonaws.com/minifyjs/blockstack/blockstack.min.js

[tpscrpt]

https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack.js/pull/567#issuecomment-442919635

[aulneau]

Hey @JeremiGendron! Thanks for the changes you're suggesting.

I think a better solution would be that we during our build process we publish a minified version to NPM, and then suggest people use a service like https://unpkg.com/#/ to get access to that. It has the advantage of mirroring npm and also is most likely a service that won't go down.

[tpscrpt]

@aulneau Ok, I'll check it out

[markmhx]

@JeremiGendron Thanks for taking the initiative here!

[tpscrpt]

@markmhx Thank you! I have some questions about the scripts which would be appropriate. Currently, I have it setup so the build script now transpiles and uglifies, which yields both dist/.es5.js and dist/.min.js. Would you like the prepublishOnly script to be different from the build script? Or is build only used when publishing?

[tpscrpt]

https://unpkg.com/demo-blockstack-dist is my attempt. I can still customize the package.json scripts if you want something more modular.

[markmhx]

@JeremiGendron I'm not familiar with the scripts that have been set up for this repo, but at a glance, it appears that the prepublishOnly script is effectively an alias for build?

@aulneau Thoughts on @JeremiGendron's unkpg build above?

[moxiegirl]

@JeremiGendron Apologies for the slow reply. This slipped through my email. I'll take a look at this and see if we can't move it along. Thank you so much for the PR

[tpscrpt]

Same here, no worries!

On Mon, Jan 14, 2019, 12:24 PM Moxiegirl <[email protected] wrote:

@JeremiGendron https://github.com/JeremiGendron Apologies for the slow
reply. This slipped through my email. I'll take a look at this and see if
we can't move it along.

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This is done and live.