Integration of aurelia-syncfusion-bridge with Aurelia skeleton-navigation-esnext-webpack

25 Oct 20179 minutes to read

Aurelia skeleton-navigation-esnext-webpack uses the Babel transpiler so that we can write our application with esnext code which works well with any standard text editor. This skeleton uses NPM for package management and Webpack for bundling.

The aurelia-syncfusion-bridge plugin brings the Syncfusion Essential Studio for JavaScript Widgets into Aurelia world. So, by configuring aurelia-syncfusion-bridge plugin with Aurelia skeleton-navigation-esnext-webpack, we can use Syncfusion components in Aurelia application.

Synopsis

Prerequisites

In the upcoming sections, we will discuss about the integration of aurelia-syncfusion-bridge with Aurelia skeleton-navigation-esnext-webpack.

To quick start with Syncfusion Aurelia components, we have already configured aurelia-syncfusion-bridge with Aurelia skeleton-navigation-esnext-webpack. Those who are wish to directly getting started with Syncfusion Aurelia components execute the below commands and navigate to here.

  • BASH
  • > git clone https://github.com/aurelia-ui-toolkits/syncfusion-templates-repository.git
    > cd syncfusion-templates-repository/skeleton-esnext-webpack
    > npm install

    Aurelia skeleton-navigation-esnext-webpack

    In this section, we will discuss about the installation of Aurelia project dependencies.

    • Download Aurelia skeleton-navigation from this link and extract it.
    • From the extracted folder, execute the following commands to install project dependencies.
  • BASH
  • > cd skeleton-esnext-webpack
    > npm install

    NOTE

    Ensure all the dependencies are installed without any errors.

    Installation of syncfusion-javascript Widgets and aurelia-syncfusion-bridge

    Install syncfusion-javascript Widgets and aurelia-syncfusion-bridge by executing the following commands.

  • BASH
  • > npm install syncfusion-javascript --save
    > npm install aurelia-syncfusion-bridge --save

    Webpack configuration

    In this section, we will discuss about the configuration of webpack to seamlessly work with aurelia-syncfusion-bridge.

    • In webpack.config.babel.js, add aurelia-syncfusion-bridge to generateConfig.entry section like the below code section.
  • JAVASCRIPT
  • entry: {
          'app': ['./src/main' /* this is filled by the aurelia-webpack-plugin */],
          'aurelia-bootstrap': coreBundles.bootstrap,
          'aurelia': coreBundles.aurelia.filter(pkg => coreBundles.bootstrap.indexOf(pkg) === -1),
          'aurelia-syncfusion-bridge': ['aurelia-syncfusion-bridge']
        }
    • In package.json, we need to add the path for Syncfusion Aurelia components in aurelia.build.resources to load the aurelia-syncfusion-bridge component source into webpack. For example, to render ejGrid component, we need to add the following path.
  • JAVASCRIPT
  • "aurelia": {
      "build": {
        "resources": [
          "aurelia-syncfusion-bridge/grid/grid",
          "aurelia-syncfusion-bridge/grid/column"
        ]
      }
    }

    NOTE

    To use ejTemplate, add aurelia-syncfusion-bridge/common/template to aurelia.build.resources in package.json and include the ejTemplate() in main.js file.

    NOTE

    To use any other Syncfusion components in Aurelia application, we need to add specific Syncfusion Aurelia component path to aurelia.build.resources in package.json file. For example, To use button component, add aurelia-syncfusion-bridge/button/button to aurelia.build.resources in package.json.

    Bridge registration

    In this section, we will discuss about the registration of Syncfusion bridge with Aurelia.

    Register the aurelia-syncfusion-bridge plugin with Aurelia in our main.js file which is in src folder. For example, to register ejGrid component, we need to import syncfusion-javascript/Scripts/ej/web/ej.grid.min in main.js file.

  • JAVASCRIPT
  • import '../styles/styles.css';
    import 'font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css';
    import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css';
    import 'bootstrap';
    import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird';
    import 'syncfusion-javascript/Scripts/ej/web/ej.grid.min';
    Bluebird.config({ warnings: false });
    export async function configure(aurelia) {
      aurelia.use
        .standardConfiguration()
        .developmentLogging()
        //register aurelia-syncfusion-bridge plugin here
        .plugin('aurelia-syncfusion-bridge', (syncfusion) => syncfusion.ejGrid());
      await aurelia.start();
      aurelia.setRoot('app');
    }

    NOTE

    To use ejTemplate, we need to add syncfusion.ejGrid().ejTemplate(); in our main.js file.

    NOTE

    To load button component with grid component additionally, we need to import syncfusion-javascript/Scripts/ej/web/ej.button.min and add syncfusion.ejGrid().ejButton(); in our main.js file.

    NOTE

    To load all Syncfusion components, we need to import syncfusion-javascript/Scripts/ej/web/ej.web.all.min and add syncfusion.useAll() in our main.js file.

    Getting started

    In this section, we will discuss about the creation of Aurelia Syncfusion Grid component.

    The below step describes to create Syncfusion Aurelia Grid component.

    • Create grid.html file inside src/samples/grid folder structure and use the below code example to render the Grid component.
  • HTML
  • <template>
        <div>
            <ej-grid e-data-source.two-way="gridData" e-allow-paging=true e-allow-sorting=true e-on-record-click.delegate="recordClick($event.detail)">
                <ej-column e-field="OrderID" e-header-text="Order ID" e-text-align="right"></ej-column>
                <ej-column e-field="CustomerID" e-header-text="Customer ID"></ej-column>
                <ej-column e-field="EmployeeID" e-header-text="Employee ID" e-text-align="right"></ej-column>
                <ej-column e-field="Freight" e-header-text="Freight" e-format="{0:C}" e-text-align="right"></ej-column>
                <ej-column e-field="OrderDate" e-header-text="Order Date" e-format="{0:MM/dd/yyyy}" e-text-align="right"></ej-column>
            </ej-grid>
        </div>
    </template>
    • Create grid.js file with the below code snippet inside src/samples/grid folder.
  • JAVASCRIPT
  • export class Grid {
      constructor() {
        this.gridData = [{
          OrderID: 10248, CustomerID: 'VINET', EmployeeID: 5,
          OrderDate: new Date(8364186e5), Freight: 32.38
        },
        {
          OrderID: 10249, CustomerID: 'TOMSP', EmployeeID: 6,
          OrderDate: new Date(836505e6), Freight: 11.61
        },
        {
          OrderID: 10250, CustomerID: 'HANAR', EmployeeID: 4,
          OrderDate: new Date(8367642e5), Freight: 65.83
        },
        {
          OrderID: 10251, CustomerID: 'VICTE', EmployeeID: 3,
          OrderDate: new Date(8367642e5), Freight: 41.34
        },
        {
          OrderID: 10252, CustomerID: 'SUPRD', EmployeeID: 4,
          OrderDate: new Date(8368506e5), Freight: 51.3
        }];
      }
    
      recordClick(e) {
        //handle event here
      }
    }
    • Add Syncfusion themes in our project by adding the below code snippet in src/app.html file.
  • HTML
  • <template>
        <require from="./nav-bar.html"></require>
        <!--Add Syncfusion JavaScript themes here-->
        <require from="../node_modules/syncfusion-javascript/Content/ej/web/bootstrap-theme/ej.web.all.min.css"></require>
        <require from="../node_modules/syncfusion-javascript/Content/ej/web/responsive-css/ej.responsive.css"></require>
        <nav-bar router.bind="router"></nav-bar>
        <div class="page-host">
            <router-view></router-view>
        </div>
    </template>
    • Now, we are going to configure the navigation for created Grid sample in src/app.js file.
  • JAVASCRIPT
  • export class App {
      configureRouter(config, router) {
        config.title = 'Aurelia';
        config.map([
          { route: ['', 'welcome'], name: 'welcome',      moduleId: './welcome',         nav: true, title: 'Welcome' },
          { route: 'users',         name: 'users',        moduleId: './users',           nav: true, title: 'Github Users' },
          { route: 'child-router',  name: 'child-router', moduleId: './child-router',    nav: true, title: 'Child Router' },
          //Add the router configuration for Grid sample here
          { route: 'grid',          name: 'grid',         moduleId: 'samples/grid/grid', nav: true, title: 'Grid' }
        ]);
        this.router = router;
      }
    }

    Running the Application

    To run the app, execute the following command and browse to http://localhost:9000 to see the application.

  • BASH
  • > npm start

    NOTE

    We need to execute the below command to overcome the issue You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type(cur). Since, the Syncfusion JavaScript component’s theme uses .cur file.

  • BASH
  • > npm install @easy-webpack/config-fonts-and-images@^3.1.0 --save-dev