How to import jQuery UI using ES6 ES7 syntax

Question

I am trying to use some jQuery UI functionality in my reactJS/Redux application. I've imported both jQuery and jQuery UI using:

npm install jquery jquery-ui

And then I've tried:

import $ from 'jquery';
import jQuery from 'query';
import jQuery-ui from 'jquery-ui';

However jQuery UI does not seem to be imported when I try to do something like:

componentDidMount() {
  $('ol#myList').selectable();
}

I believe the issue is with jQuery UI. What am I doing wrong? How can I get jQuery UI to work with this stack?

Answer 1

Hii,

Add a alias in webpack config:

resolve: {
  alias: {
    'jquery-ui': 'jquery-ui-dist/jquery-ui.js'
  }
}

Save them in package.json:

npm i --save jquery
npm i --save jquery-ui-dist

Then

import $ from 'jquery';
import 'jquery-ui';