Less Plugin for Farm

Support compiling Less in Farm.

Getting Started

To begin, you'll need to install less and @farmfe/js-plugin-less:

npm install less @farmfe/js-plugin-less --save-dev

or

yarn add -D less @farmfe/js-plugin-less

or

pnpm add -D less @farmfe/js-plugin-less

Configuring the plugin in farm.config.ts:

import { defineFarmConfig } from '@farmfe/core/dist/config';
import Less from '@farmfe/js-plugin-less'; //  import the plugin

export default defineFarmConfig({
  compilation: {
    input: {
      index: './index.html',
    },
    output: {
      path: './build',
    },
  },
  plugins: [
    // use the less plugin.
    Less({
      // custom options here
    }),
  ],
});

Options

• lessOptions
• additionalData
• sourceMap
• implementation

lessOptions

Type:

type lessOptions = import('less').options | ((loaderContext: LoaderContext) => import('less').options})

Default: { relativeUrls: true }

Here you can pass any Less specific options to the @farm/js-plugin-less.See the Less options for any available options you need.

additionalData

Type:

type additionalData =
  | string
  | ((content: string, resolvePath:string) => string);

Default: undefined

Appends Less code to the actual entry file. In this case, the @farm/js-plugin-less will not override the source but just prepend the entry's content.

In actual development, this becomes useful, we don't need to add new files.

Since you're injecting code, this will break the source mappings in your entry file. Often there's a simpler solution than this, like multiple Less entry files.

string

export default defineFarmConfig({
  compilation: {
    input: {
      index: './index.html',
    },
    output: {
      path: './build',
    },
  },
  plugins: [
    // use the less plugin.
    Less({
      additionalData: `@hoverColor: #f10215;`
    }),
  ],
});

function

export default defineFarmConfig({
  compilation: {
    input: {
      index: './index.html',
    },
    output: {
      path: './build',
    },
  },
 plugins: [farmLessPlugin({
    additionalData: (content:string, resolvePath:string) => {
      if (path.basename(resolvePath,'.less') === 'index') {
        return `@hoverColor: #f10215;` + content;
      }
    },
  }) ],
});

sourceMap

Type: boolean

Default: false

Whether to generate sourceMap

If not set, it will read the compilation.sourcemap configuration in the farm configuration

implementation

Type: string | undefined

Default: undefined

@farm/js-plugin-less compatible with Less 3 and 4 versions

The special implementation option determines which implementation of Less to use. If you not config, it will find the less in you local node_modules.