JavaScript API Interoperability with Other Loaders

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03-13-2017 11:59 AM
Status: Implemented
stevegourley
Occasional Contributor II

The 3.x and 4.x javascript api's and their use of dojo loader plugins lock developers into using the dojo loader and the legacy dojo build system - or it places the burden on the developer to create custom module loader implementations. I would like to see esri support the interoperability of module loading moving forward so developers can use modern loading/build/bundling tools with the 4.x api's without a lot of friction. 

If this idea is accepted, developers cannot complain about the implementation details of the javascript api leaking into their workflows/technology decisions. The esri technology decisions of the api will be an implementation detail instead of an influence.

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BjornSvensson
Status changed to: Implemented

Late response - but I think the release of ES modules in 4.19 (and later improvements) covers this "idea".