Using SwiperJS with Browserify

Question

I am trying to use the jQuery plugin of SwiperJS in my Browserify bundle...but get the following error:

Uncaught TypeError: $(...).swiper is not a function

The stripped down (bear minimal) code I am using is as follows:

'use strict';

global.$ = require('jquery');
require('./plugins/swiper.jquery.js');

$(function() {
    $('#hero').swiper();
});

At the bottom of the SwiperJS plugin they do:

if (typeof(module) !== 'undefined')
{
    module.exports = window.Swiper;
}
else if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
    define([], function () {
        'use strict';
        return window.Swiper;
    });
}

Which seems to correctly set it up for this use.

Can anybody help me with why this is happening? Probably something very simple I'm sure.

Answer 1

After much hair pulling, I decided to try the Vanilla JS version of Swiper, as opposed to the jQuery / Zepto port. Doing so fixed the errors and the Swiper works.

Configuration was a little different but ended up looking like this:

My Hero Module that uses Swiper:

'use strict';

var cache = require('./cache.js'),
    swiper = require('../plugins/swiper.js');

function init() {

    if (cache.$hero.length) {

        var hero;

        hero = new swiper(cache.$hero, {
            autoplay: 2000,
            direction: 'horizontal',
            loop: true,
            speed: 700,
            grabCursor: true
        });

        console.info(hero);

    }

}

module.exports = function() {

    return init();

};

cache.$hero is simply my selector that comes from my cache module - looking something like (just in case you were wondering what that was about):

var cache = {
    $hero: $('#hero')
};

Hope this ends up helping someone. No idea why the jQuery version didn't work. Any further light on that would be appreciated. Thanks!