What is the purpose of implementing asynchronous loading for JavaScript in my webpack setup?

I am facing difficulties with handling unusual codes.

I am trying to add some query parameters using $.ajaxPrefilter in all jQuery ajax requests. I came across the following code snippet which seems to ensure synchronous loading order, but in my entry.js file, the js files are sometimes loaded in an unpredictable order - prefilter.js is loaded first at times while post_ajaxs.js is loaded first at other instances (I checked server POST messages and used Chrome devtools to analyze loading timings).

require(['prefilter'])

$(function(){
    if($("#page_id").length > 0) {
        require([
             "src/common/post_ajax.js"
        ]);
    }
});

What could be causing this issue? I initially thought that the require keyword was for synchronous loading. I have included a portion of webpack.config.js that might be relevant.

entry: {
 /webroot/js/entry.js: __dirname+"/src/entry.js"
},
resolve: {
  alias: {
      "prefilter": __dirname + "/src/common/prefilter.js",
  }
},
output: {
    path: __dirname + "/webroot/js/",
    filename: "[name].js",
    chunkFilename: "[hash].[id].js?" + (+new Date()),
    publicPath: "/js/"
},
plugins: [
        new webpack.optimize.DedupePlugin(),
        new webpack.optimize.OccurrenceOrderPlugin(),
        new webpack.optimize.AggressiveMergingPlugin(),
        new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
            $: "jquery",
            jQuery: "jquery",
            "window.jQuery": "jquery",
            d3: "d3"
        })
    ]

I want to ensure that prefilter.js is always loaded before post_ajax. Any help or information will be greatly appreciated.

Edit: Here is a snippet from prefilter.js.

 $.ajaxPrefilter(function (options, originalOptions, jqXHR) {
        options.data = $.param($.extend(originalOptions.data, {'data[extra]':$("#some_id").val() }));
    }
});

Answer №1

The issue could potentially be related to scope, as the external JavaScript file is in global scope and not enclosed within a function's curly braces. Testing two scenarios by nesting require.ensure within $(function{}) and placing require(['prefilter']) inside $(function{})'s scope both produced the desired results, confirming my initial speculation. However, any further insights or corrections are appreciated.

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