• Dmitry Ponyatov (5/5) Dec 22 2023 It is possible to statically precompile some JS libs and media
• evilrat (17/22) Dec 24 2023 Sure, try enum with import expression.

Dmitry Ponyatov <dponyatov gmail.com> writes:

It is possible to statically precompile some JS libs and media 
fragments into an app binary?

My colleagues asks me to distribute app as a single standalone 
executable if it is possible, and maybe few millisecond of page 
load can be saved due to serving some assets from RAM.

evilrat <evilrat666 gmail.com> writes:

On Friday, 22 December 2023 at 19:55:07 UTC, Dmitry Ponyatov 
wrote:
 It is possible to statically precompile some JS libs and media 
 fragments into an app binary?

 My colleagues asks me to distribute app as a single standalone 
 executable if it is possible, and maybe few millisecond of page 
 load can be saved due to serving some assets from RAM.

Sure, try enum with import expression.

https://dlang.org/spec/expression.html#import_expressions

```d
enum myEmbebbedAsset = import("somefile.jpg");

// somewhere else for example in HTTP response handler
res.write(cast(ubyte[]) myEmbeddedAsset);
```

That enum will have that asset embedded in your executable.

It is used in conjunction with -J flag (string imports paths in 
dub) to tell where to find file, due to security considerations 
random files from unknown location are disallowed.

Just keep in mind that enum has some quirks in some cases where 
enum array access will allocate every time you access it, you can 
probably avoid this by using `immutable` or just `__gshared` 
variable.