Create DLL Build of an existing package

[milad2golnia]

📝 Provide a description of the new feature

There are some third-party plugins like math out there in npm but they don't offer any dll build which is useful in many cases. I'm looking for a way to create dll version of a ckeditor5's plugin but I'm still unable to figure it out.

What is the expected behavior of the proposed feature?

This feature produces dll version of already developed plugin available on npm or on local.

NOTE: If it is already supported, then please extend documentation and add an example because by reading documentation, I was unable to figure it out.

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[pomek]

Scope

• Due to this ticket, we should have a guide covering creating the DLL build for any package.
  • Perhaps we could add new sections to the existing guide: https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor5/latest/installation/advanced/alternative-setups/dll-builds.html.
• Details:
  • DLL build is an output produced by webpack. Webpack processed the package entry point.
    • Basic-styles entry point definition: https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/blob/20ee5067759aa9a08289dd4227148cf4ec73a02d/packages/ckeditor5-basic-styles/package.json#L13
    • Basic-styles entry point: https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/blob/20ee5067759aa9a08289dd4227148cf4ec73a02d/packages/ckeditor5-basic-styles/src/index.ts
  • DLL build is stored in the build/ directory.
  • All imports of the framework packages must go through the ckeditor5 package. It could be worth mentioning why (DllReferencePlugin#scope).
  • To avoid duplicating CKEditor 5 features in a single build, a single feature cannot import other features using their class/constructors. All requirements must be defined as soft requirements. (read more)