How do I use UI components?

[JanGordon]

Hello, I am very interested in this project but I can't work out where I am going wrong here.
I don't understand how to import ui components from svelte files.
I have a folder in the base of the project named "ui" and a file named "Test.svelte" in it.
If I try to import the component in the main index.svelte of the page like this:
import Test from "ui/Test.svelte"
I get this error:
You can mark the path "ui/Test.svelte" as external to exclude it from the bundle, which will remove this error.

I also get the same error when I try and import an asset from the public directory like so:
import image from "public/image.png"

[matthewmueller]

Hey @timmyjan46, thanks for your interest in Bud!

I'm surprised that import Test from "ui/Test.svelte" doesn't work. If you have a spare moment, creating a failing test isn't too difficult and would speed up the fix:

bud/framework/view/view_test.go

Line 361 in 2b3cf75

func TestSvelteImportFromNodeModule(t *testing.T) {

. No pressure either way, I'll give this a try soon.

Importing non-JS/TS/Svelte assets doesn't work yet and I'm not sure if that's something worth adding. What do you expect image to be in import image from "public/image.png"?

[JanGordon]

Thanks for answering so quickly!

I was expecting import image from "public/image.png" to give me a URL as it does when using vite to build. You can use the image variable for and image source.

I can try and work out how to add a test but I'm not sure if I'll succeed but I'll give it a go.

[matthewmueller]

I was expecting import image from "public/image.png" to give me a URL as it does when using vite to build. You can use the image variable for and image source.

Oh got it, I'll have a look at how vite does it. I'm on the fence about importing assets via JS because sometimes I could see people expecting a data-uri. I do see the convenience in this and maybe I can make it pluggable.

I can try and work out how to add a test but I'm not sure if I'll succeed but I'll give it a go.

Commented on your PR, you did everything as expected, thanks!

[JanGordon]

I say you updated the PR but the test only makes sure that you can import from the root of the views folder. I'm still having trouble using components in any other directory. For example, if I have the file view/stories/index.svelte and try to import a component from ui/Time.svelte, import Time from "../ui/Time.svelte" obviously doesn't work here. Is there a way I can access the root of the project from anywhere? or as SvelteKit does it: allow you to import from $lib anywhere. Thanks for your time and sorry for making so much trouble.

[matthewmueller]

For example, if I have the file view/stories/index.svelte and try to import a component from ui/Time.svelte, import Time from "../ui/Time.svelte" obviously doesn't work here.

It's all relative paths so in that case you'd do ../../ui/Time.svelte

Is there a way I can access the root of the project from anywhere? or as SvelteKit does it: allow you to import from $lib anywhere. Thanks for your time and sorry for making so much trouble.

Not yet! That's what I'd like to add with the ~ character though, so you can do ~/ui/Time.svelte. Open to PRs!