Use SystemJS like browserify, but without the compile step.
Not very well tested, but seems to work in a real world project with a lot of dependencies from npm.
Will spam the console with failed HTTP requests during module resolution, as they can't be suppressed. For a workaround at least chromium allows for hiding network errors. Ideas how to work around this would be very welcome.
npm install jampekka/system-npmlocator
Install SystemJS and this package:
npm install systemjs
npm install jampekka/system-npmlocator
Install jquery using npm:
npm install jquery
Create a following index.html:
<script src="node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/system-npmlocator/npmlocator.js"></script>
<script>
// Now any npm-installed packages can be used just like
// with node/browserify
System.import('jquery').then(function($) {
$(function() {
$("body").text("Hello from jQuery via npm!");
});
});
</script>And open it in a browser, eg:
chromium --allow-file-access-from-files index.html