~

This syntax is supported by all module formats.

Use

Prepend lookups with ~/ such as:

var tabs = require("~/components/tabs/tabs");

This will load the module from BASE/components/tabs/tabs.js. If your package.json has:

{
  "steal": {
    "directories": {
      "lib": "src"
    }
    ...
  }
}

Then it will be loaded from BASE/src/components/tabs/tabs.js.

Custom homeAlias Symbol

You can change the symbol that's used as the homeAlias operator in the steal configuration. The following example sets the homeAlias to be the @ symbol, instead of ~, for the entire project.

"steal": {
  "homeAlias": "@"
}

Using the above configuration, importing a module relative to the project's home folder is done like this:

import myComponent from "@/components/my-component/";

Alternatives

The ~ scheme is an alternative to using the package name for look up, such as:

 {
   "name": "app"

   ...
 }

And loading as:

 var tabs = require("app/components/tabs/tabs");

Using ~ provides a shorter alias for your app's package name.

Production

Note that in production you need to use your app's package name in your script tag such as:

<script src="node_modules/steal/steal.js" main="app/main"></script>