# Loading js libraries via register\_asset

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 26, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loading-js-libraries-via-register-asset/156003 "2020-06-26T09:12:39Z")\
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> [@eviltrout](#):
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> I understand that’s not ideal but I also don’t think libraries should normally be distributed without some kind of support for modules (for example, UMD.)

Yes, I agree. Many of them are distributed that way and those work seamlessly. Thanks for looking into this and for the confirmation 👍 I went the route of packaging the library via webpack and it works without even importing. I should have tested in production mode though.

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