Share code between widgets - shared entry

This sample demonstrates how to share code between widgets by using shared entry.

How to use the sample

Clone the sample repo and copy this widget's folder (within widgets) to the client/your-extensions/widgets folder of your Experience Builder installation.

How it works

To use this method, you need to follow the following steps:

• Create a shared-code folder under the widgets folder. Please note that the folder name must be the shared-code.
• Put your shared code into the shared-code folder, all .ts and .tsx files in the shared-code folder will be compiled as shared entries. The best practice folder structure in the shared-code folder is:

shared-code/
  entry1.ts
  entry2.tsx
  lib/
    entry1/
      module1.ts
      module2.ts
    entry2/
      module1.ts
      module2.ts

In the above folder structure, entry1 and entry2 will be created.

To support i18n, create a translations folder within the shared-code folder, or within each entry folder, for example, shared-code/lib/entry1/translations. The translations folder structure is the same as the widget translations folder.

• At last, you can import the shared code like using the standard ES6 imports, like this:

import { sampleFunction } from 'widgets/shared-code/entry1'