hey, short question :slightly_smiling_face: when i want to publish a kmp lib for js target, is the b...

# multiplatform

[Christian Dräger]

hey, short question 🙂
when i want to publish a kmp lib for js target, is the binaries.library() needed and what is it there for?

kotlin {
    js {
        nodejs()
        browser()
        binaries.library()
    }

[Chrimaeon]

That will actually build the native binaries. In the case of JS the .js files. If it is a native target the .so files and so on.
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/multiplatform-build-native-binaries.html

[Artem Kobzar]

@Christian Dräger no, you don't need it for klib.
As far as I remember, it was created for generating JS libraries, which means that the generated JS file will not be processed by WebPack.
But I'm not sure; @Ilya Goncharov [JB] could you please share more about it?

[Christian Dräger]

thx for qucik response. since i just want a klib i will remove it 🙂

[jw]

Unless you're varying your behavior between Node and the browser, I would not bother testing both.