How to include readline in webpack?

@edmond_brakus 

To include readline in your webpack project, you can follow these steps:

1. Install the readline package using npm or yarn:

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npm install readline

1. Update your webpack configuration file (usually webpack.config.js) to resolve the readline module by adding the following to the resolve section:

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resolve: {
  extensions: ['.js'],
  alias: {
    'readline': require.resolve('readline')
  }
}

1. Add the NodePolyfillPlugin plugin to your webpack configuration file to polyfill Node.js core modules like readline:

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const NodePolyfillPlugin = require("node-polyfill-webpack-plugin")

module.exports = {
  // other configurations
  plugins: [
    new NodePolyfillPlugin()
  ]
}

1. Import readline in your code and use it as needed:

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const readline = require('readline');

By following these steps, you should be able to include readline in your webpack project successfully.