Usage of require in dojox/app prevents build tools from fully optimizing code

[ddumont]

./dojox/app/main.js:51 ./dojox/app/scene.js:98

If there is a way to perhaps require the components to provide a lazyload function to load the deps where they can be declared as string literals instead of by reference it would help the process.

Perhaps something like

config.loadDeps = function(cb) {
  require(['application', 'specific', 'deps'], function() {
    cb();
  });
};

And in main you would do:

config.loadDeps(function() {
  var modules=[Application];
  for(var i=0;i<config.modules.length;i++){
    modules.push(arguments[i]);
  }
  ... etc
});

[Dustin Machi]

As dojox/app gets a little bit further along, I'll be releasing some wrapping scripts that can make a build with layers based on the config itself, which will address this concern. For now however, it falls back to reading that info from the config.

[dylan]

dojox/app is mostly abandoned. Would accept a pull request if someone wants to work on this.