feat: warnOnce & graceful error handling

packages/webpack5/src/helpers/config.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import { env } from '../index';
-import { error } from './log';
+import { error, warnOnce } from './log';
 
 function getCLILib() {
 	if (!env.nativescriptLibPath) {
-		throw error(`
+		warnOnce(
+			'getCLILib',
+			`
 			Cannot find NativeScript CLI path. Make sure --env.nativescriptLibPath is passed
-		`);
+		`
+		);
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	return require(env.nativescriptLibPath);
@@ -15,10 +19,15 @@ function getCLILib() {
  * Utility to get a value from the nativescript.config.ts file.
  *
  * @param {string} key The key to get from the config. Supports dot-notation.
+ * @param defaultValue The fallback value if the key is not set in the config.
  */
 export function getValue<T = any>(key: string, defaultValue?: any): T {
 	const lib = getCLILib();
 
+	if (!lib) {
+		return defaultValue;
+	}
+
 	return (lib.projectConfigService as {
 		getValue(key: string, defaultValue?: any): T;
 	}).getValue(key, defaultValue);

packages/webpack5/src/helpers/index.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import { merge } from 'webpack-merge';
 
+import {
+	getPackageJson,
+	getProjectRootPath,
+	getProjectFilePath,
+} from './project';
 import { addVirtualEntry, addVirtualModule } from './virtualModules';
-import { getPackageJson, getProjectRootPath } from './project';
 import { applyFileReplacements } from './fileReplacements';
 import { addCopyRule, removeCopyRule } from './copyRules';
+import { error, info, warn, warnOnce } from './log';
 import { determineProjectFlavor } from './flavor';
-import { error, info, warn } from './log';
 import { getValue } from './config';
 import { getIPS } from './host';
 import {
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ export default {
 		error,
 		info,
 		warn,
+		warnOnce,
 	},
 	platform: {
 		addPlatform,
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ export default {
 		getPlatformName,
 	},
 	project: {
+		getProjectFilePath,
 		getProjectRootPath,
 		getPackageJson,
 	},

packages/webpack5/src/helpers/log.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ export function warn(...data: any): void {
 	console.warn(`[@nativescript/webpack] Warn: \n`, ...cleanup(data));
 }
 
+const warnedMap: any = {};
+export function warnOnce(key: string, ...data: any): void {
+	if (warnedMap[key]) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	warnedMap[key] = true;
+	warn(...data);
+}
+
 export function info(...data: any): void {
 	if (env.verbose) {
 		console.log(`[@nativescript/webpack] Info: \n`, ...cleanup(data));

packages/webpack5/src/helpers/platform.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { dirname, resolve } from 'path';
 
 import { getPackageJson, getProjectRootPath } from './project';
-import { error, info } from './log';
+import { error, info, warnOnce } from './log';
 import { env } from '../';
 
 import AndroidPlatform from '../platforms/android';
@@ -65,13 +65,20 @@ export function getPlatformName(): Platform {
 		`);
 	}
 
-	throw error(`
+	warnOnce(
+		'getPlatformName',
+		`
 		You need to provide a target platform!
 
 		Available platforms: ${Object.keys(platforms).join(', ')}
 
 		Use --env.platform=<platform> or --env.android, --env.ios to specify the target platform.
-	`);
+
+		Defaulting to "ios".
+	`
+	);
+
+	return 'ios';
 }
 
 /**