How to run SystemJs module when view loads - aurelia

I have a component that loads a javascript module that builds on Bootstrap.js and Jquery to automatically build a table of contents for a page based on H1,H2,... headers. The component code is as follows:
import { bindable, bindingMode, customElement, noView } from 'aurelia-framework';
#noView()
#customElement('scriptinjector')
export class ScriptInjector {
#bindable public url;
#bindable public isLocal;
#bindable public isAsync;
#bindable({ defaultBindingMode: bindingMode.oneWay }) protected scripttag;
private tagId = 'bootTOCscript';
public attached() {
if (this.url) {
this.scripttag = document.createElement('script');
if (this.isAsync) {
this.scripttag.async = true;
}
if (this.isLocal) {
System.import(this.url);
return;
} else {
this.scripttag.setAttribute('src', this.url);
}
document.body.appendChild(this.scripttag);
}
}
public detached() {
if (this.scripttag) {
this.scripttag.remove();
}
}
}
Essentially for those not familiar with Aurelia, this simply uses SystemJs to load the bootstrap-toc.js module from my app-bundle wherever I put this on my view:
<scriptinjector url="lib/bootstrap-toc.js" is-local.bind='true'></scriptinjector>
My problem is that although this works perfectly when I first load the view, subsequent visits don't generate a TOC (table of contents). I have checked that Aurelia is in fact calling System.Import each time the view is loaded, but it seems that once a module has been imported once, it is never imported again (the code from the bundle never runs a second time).
Does anyone know how I can unload/reload/reset/rerun the module when I re-enter the view?

Ok, so after days of fighting with this I have figured out an acceptable solution that keeps all the functionality of the TOC library and requires as few changes to the skeleton project and the target library as I could manage. Forget the script injector above.
In the index.html, do as follows:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Holdings Manager</title>
<!--The FontAwesome version is locked at 4.6.3 in the package.json file to keep this from breaking.-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="jspm_packages/npm/font-awesome#4.6.3/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/styles.css">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
</head>
<body aurelia-app="main" data-spy="scroll" data-target="#toc">
<div class="splash">
<div class="message">Holdings Manager</div>
<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin"></i>
</div>
<!-- The bluebird version is locked at 4.6.3 in the package.json file to keep this from breaking -->
<!-- We include bluebird to bypass Edge's very slow Native Promise implementation. The Edge team -->
<!-- has fixed the issues with their implementation with these fixes being distributed with the -->
<!-- Windows 10 Anniversary Update on 2 August 2016. Once that update has pushed out, you may -->
<!-- consider removing bluebird from your project and simply using native promises if you do -->
<!-- not need to support Internet Explorer. -->
<script src="jspm_packages/system.js"></script>
<script src="config.js"></script>
<script src="jspm_packages/npm/bluebird#3.4.1/js/browser/bluebird.min.js"></script>
<script src="jspm_packages/npm/jquery#2.2.4/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="jspm_packages/github/twbs/bootstrap#3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script>
System.import('core-js').then(function() {
return System.import('polymer/mutationobservers');
}).then(function() {
System.import('aurelia-bootstrapper');
}).then(function() {
System.import('lib/bootstrap-toc.js');
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
This is assuming you have installed bootstrap using jspm (which brings in jquery as a dependency). This also assumes you have put the javascript library (the one you want to incorporate, bootstrap-toc in my case) in your src/lib folder and that you have configured your bundling to include js files from your source folder.
Next, if your library has a self executing anonymous function defined, you need to take that code and move it inside the 'attached' method of the viewmodel where you want the library to be applied. So in this case, I have a 'help' view with a bunch of sections/subsections that I wanted a TOC generated for, so the code looks like:
import { singleton } from 'aurelia-framework';
#singleton()
export class Help {
public attached() {
$('nav[data-toggle="toc"]').each((i, el) => {
const $nav = $(el);
window.Toc.init($nav);
});
}
}
The code inside the 'attached' method above was cut and pasted from the bootstrap-toc.js file and I removed the self-executing anonymous method.
I tried using system.import for the jquery/bootstrap libraries but that made part of the TOC functionality stop working and I have lost my patience to figure out why so those libraries are staying as script references for now.
Also, when you build the project you will get errors :
help.ts(7,7): error TS2304: Cannot find name '$'.
help.ts(9,16): error TS2339: Property 'Toc' does not exist on type 'Window'.
These do not cause problems at runtime since both $ and Toc will be defined before the view is ever instantiated. You can solve these build errors with this solution here.

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My component is loading fine but the styles are not loading, nor are the events firing. I am following the documentation and no errors are being thrown but it seems I might be missing something fundamental here?
View template rendered with res.marko:
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
...
</head>
<body>
...
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There's also another sample app that integrates Webpack: https://github.com/marko-js-samples/marko-webpack
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I'm currently trying to develop using IntelliJ and my issue is that for each typescript file I have to add an explicit reference to everything used in that file.
Also, the transpiled output of TS->JS also needs to be referenced individually.
Is there a way to lessen the friction here?
It would be nice to not have to deal with references between files.
And some sort of bundling for the TS files would also be nice.
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title></title>
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data-main is an entry point -> app.js in this case
-->
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</head>
<body></body>
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app.ts
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import module2 = require("module2");
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module1.ts
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module2.ts
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ASP.NET MVC 4 - Add Bundle from Controller?

I have some pages on my site that use certain CSS and JS resources - but they are the only page(s) to use that css or js file - so I don't want to include that CSS and JS reference in every page. Rather than modify each View to reference the CSS/JS it needs, I thought I could create a bundle in the Controller and add it to the Bundles that are already registered, and then it would be included in the bundle references, but this does not appear to be possible, or maybe I'm just going about it the wrong way.
In my Controller for a registration page for example, I thought I could write this:
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styleBundle.Include("~/Content/Themes/Default/registration.css");
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#foreach(Bundle b in BundleTable.Bundles)
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<link href="#BundleTable.Bundles.ResolveBundleUrl(b.Path)" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
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else if (b is ScriptBundle)
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<script src="#BundleTable.Bundles.ResolveBundleUrl(b.Path)" type="text/javascript"></script>
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Any idea how to achieve this kind of "dynamic" or "runtime" bundling?
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bundles.Add(
new StyleBundle("~/bundles/registrationStyleBundle")
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#section viewStyles{
<link href="#BundleTable.Bundles.ResolveBundleUrl("~/bundles/registrationStyleBundle")." rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
}
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#RenderSection("viewStyles", required: false)
Use the #section Scripts { } block to conditionally add bundles.
_Layout.cshtml
<body>
...
#RenderSection("Scripts", required: false)
</body>
FooView.cshtml
#section Scripts {
#Scripts.Render("~/bundles/foo")
}
KungFooView.cshtml
#section Scripts {
#Scripts.Render("~/bundles/kungfoo")
}
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bundles.Add(new StyleBundle("~/bundles/Areas/Admin/css").Include(...);
bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/Areas/Home/js").Include(...);
bundles.Add(new StyleBundle("~/bundles/Areas/Home/css").Include(...);
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I'm working on a project that requires that some custom Dojo widgets (i.e., widgets we have written ourselves) are loaded from another server. Despite my best efforts over several days, I cannot seem to get Dojo to load the widgets.
Dojo is loaded from the Google CDN, the widget is loaded from www.example.com, and the website is located at www.foo.com.
I cannot post the actual project files (this is a project for a company), but I have reproduced the error with smaller test files.
Test.html (on www.foo.com):
<html>
<div id="content"></div>
<script>
var djConfig = {
isDebug: true,
modulePaths: {
'com.example': 'http://example.com/some/path/com.example'
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<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.4.3/dojo/dojo.xd.js.uncompressed.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
dojo.require("dijit._Widget");
dojo.require("dijit._Templated");
dojo.addOnLoad(function() {
dojo.require("com.example.widget.Test", false);
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});
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Test.xd.js (at www.example.com/some/path/com.example/widget/Test.xd.js):
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dojo.require("dijit._Widget");
dojo.require("dijit._Templated");
dojo.declare("com.example.widget.Test", [dijit._Widget, dijit._Templated], {
templateString: "<div dojoAttachPoint=\"div\">This is a test</div>",
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console.log("In postCreate");
console.log(this.div);
this.div.innerHTML += '!!!';
}
});
In Firebug, I am seeing an error after a delay of a few seconds saying that the cross-domain resource com.example.widget.Test cannot be loaded. However, in the 'Net' tab I am able to see that Test.xd.js is successfully downloaded, and I am able to set a breakpoint and see that the dojo.declare executes and completes without error.
I appreciate any help. Please let me know if there is any other information I can provide.
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["provide", "my.Tree"],
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///////////////////////////////
/// Begin standard declaration
dojo.provide("my.Tree");
dojo.require("dijit.Tree");
dojo.declare("my.Tree", dijit.Tree, {
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/// End standard declaration
///////////////////////////////
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Using external plugins in Sencha Touch

I want to use a simple Sencha Touch keypad plugin.
The plugin code can be found over here.
The keypad can be created in an html file under tags as follows:
<script>
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Alternatively, it can be used in a Sencha container as follows too:
...
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However, I am not able to get it to work the latter way. I'm new to Sencha and I think I'm not placing the files at the right places or not including them properly. I have already included the following in my index.html:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="js/sencha-touch-1.1.1/sencha-touch.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="js/sencha-touch-1.1.1/resources/css/sencha-touch.css">
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put the ux (plugin)folder where your app.js is located...
in app.js set the following
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On the view where you are using the numpad you need to specify a
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Also ensure that the CSS files are in the proper location...
Hope it helps...