require.resolve & improved Node compatibility

[mattdesl]

require.resolve does not work with hihat --node
(related: browserify/browserify#1340)

More generally, since --node is still being run through browserify, it has a few other limitations like module.filename. It would be better if --node were to just use Electron's node integration directly, however this has a lot of other implications like:

• we would need to maintain our own file watcher that handles module dependencies
• no support for browser transforms like glslify / babelify / etc
• can't take advantage of 'browser' field resolution

With all this in mind, it seems a bit out of scope for a (primarily browser-based) tool like hihat.

[audionerd]

Is there any workaround for the require.resolve issue currently? Could node-resolve be injected somehow?

[mattdesl]

No, it's a bit tricky to fix I think. 😟

What is your use case? I think for typical node source it would be better to avoid browserify altogether. I'm exploring some ways of abstracting Hihat into more general purpose modules for this use case.