Consider how govuk-frontend JS is imported and used to avoid bloated bundles

[andymantell]

govuk-frontend JS is currently being imported from the npm module but as per alphagov/govuk-frontend#711 there are issues with this - it results (I think) in duplicated polyfills.

Current "solution" is to bundle from source. Perhaps by copying the govuk-frontend JS into this package at build time?

[gunjam]

I would really like the original js included in the npm package along with the bundled versions 🙏.

[andymantell]

@gunjam Out of curiosity are you using govuk-react-jsx? Or have you reached this ticket because I linked to it from that ticket in govuk-frontend?

I might add the original JS to this package if it ends up being the right solution for the needs of govuk-react-jsx, but I don't think it would be wise for anyone to reference the govuk-frontend JS contained in govuk-react-jsx unless you were using govuk-react-jsx itself. That's not a use case I can support as I wouldn't like to guarantee that I wouldn't remove it in future.

[gunjam]

Yeah sorry I ended up here because I clicked an issue mention on govuk-frontend and didn't realise I'd changed repos! Sorry 😅

[andymantell]

Haha don't worry! Thanks for bringing the issue to my attention though - it was your tickets on govuk-frontend that made me investigate it here...