Precompiled templates cannot be imported

[lukgreen]

I precompile templates with the command:
handlebars -m -e html ./templates/ > ./templates/templates.js
Then I try to import the resulting file in my javascript:
import './templates/templates.js';
Which throws an error:
Uncaught ReferenceError: Handlebars is not defined
This error appears with either full or run-time only Handlebars included. I use Handlebars 4.0.5 and bundle a project with Webpack.
Can you help with this please?

[nknapp]

The precompiler does not create any module-code. If you are using webpack, you should probably consider using the handlebars-loader or something similar.

(I have not tried the loader yet).