Load NodeJS library for compilation

[jkjustjoshing]

I'm writing a Harp app that includes some D3 charts. This is the only client-side JavaScript that's currently being run in the browser, and I'm looking for a way to compile the D3 SVG output at compile-time, so the end webpage doesn't require any JavaScript (and also doesn't require the user loading the D3 library).

I tried <% d3 = require('./path/to/d3.js') %> and <% d3 = partial('./path/to/d3.js') %> but neither of them worked.

Is there a way to currently do this? If not, is this a feature other developers might find useful?

[misterhtmlcss]

I'm not entirely certain what you are asking for, but can you tell me how you are working with harp? For example are you using harp cli or a NPM dependency?

[jkjustjoshing]

I'm using the Harp CLI, running harp compile. Inside my .ejs file, I want to utilize code from a 3rd party library. For a simple example, let's say that I'm doing in my .ejs file:

<% items.forEach(function (item) {
%>    <div><%= item %></div>    <%
}) %>

but I want to use lodash -

<% _.forEach(items, function (item) {
%>    <div><%= item %></div>    <%
}) %>

How can I include lodash.js into my .ejs file so I can use lodash?

(this is a contrived example - I want to use a library that provides more value than lodash)

[misterhtmlcss]

@jkjustjoshing this isn't an operation that you should be using .ejs for because it's a view layer tool. See this answer/comments on stackoverflow for more details.
how can I use lodash with ejs