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Using requireJS with angular; Cannot read property 'module' of undefined

Ok, there is a bunch of questions with similar titles, but none of them helped me solve my problem so here it is.
I am trying to use Angular with RequireJS; I am getting the error message Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'module' of undefined which is referring to the angular object within the angular-routes.js file. This suggests to me that requireJS is trying to load angular-routes before angular has loaded. I was under the impression that this wouldn't happen because I have set 'angular-route' as dependant on 'angular' within the shim. Can anyone spot what I am doing wrong here?
// Setup requireJS
require.config({
baseUrl : "scripts",
packages : [
{ "name":"angular", "location":"../bower_components/angular", "main":"angular"},
{ "name":"angular-route", "location":"../bower_components/angular-route", "main":"angular-route"},
{ "name":"angular-animate", "location":"../bower_components/angular-animate", "main":"angular-animate"},
{ "name":"angular-storage", "location":"../bower_components/angular-storage/dist", "main":"angular-storage"},
{ "name":"jquery", "location":"../bower_components/jquery/dist", "main":"jquery"}
],
shim:{
'angular' : { exports : 'angular', deps : ['jquery'] },
'angular-route' : { deps : ['angular'] },
'angular-animate' : { deps : ['angular'] },
'angular-storage' : { deps : ['angular'] },
}
});
// Load app files
function loadApp($, app)
{
angular.element(document).ready(function(){
angular.bootstrap(document, ['mealPlannerApp']);
});
}
requirejs(['app'], loadApp);
My app.js file is as follows
(function() {
// Declare AMD module with dependencies
define(['angular', 'angular-route', 'routes'],
function(config)
{
var app = angular.module('mealPlannerApp', ['ngRoute', 'ngAnimate', 'ngAnimate']);
app.config(config);
});
}());

Packages are great for your internal packages, I haven’t tried to load main AngularJS files as them.
Please read http://jonathancreamer.com/require-js-packages-for-building-large-scale-angular-applications/ for some better clarification and examples than change config section to something like this. Major change is replacement of packages with paths
Please also consider to change variables to camelCase style
require.config({
paths: {
angular: '../bower_components/angular/angular',
'angular-route': '../bower_components/angular-route/angular-route',
'angular-animate': '../bower_components/angular-route/angular-animate',
'angular-storage': '../bower_components/angular-route/angular-storage'
},
shim: {
'angular' : { exports : 'angular', deps : ['jquery'] },
'angular-route' : { deps : ['angular'] },
'angular-animate' : { deps : ['angular'] },
'angular-storage' : { deps : ['angular'] },
},
priority: [
"angular"
]
});

RequireJS + Zepto + Waypoints: Cannot read property 'apply' of undefined

I am trying to use waypoints with zepto and RequireJS.
My requireJS configuration looks like this:
requirejs : {
options : {
baseUrl : '<%= config.app.js %>',
paths : {
almond : '../node_modules/almond/almond',
zepto : '../node_modules/zepto/zepto.min',
'progressbar' : '../node_modules/progressbar.js/dist/progressbar',
waypoints : '../node_modules/waypoints/lib/zepto.waypoints'
},
shim : {
zepto : {
exports : '$'
}
},
mainConfigFile: '<%= config.app.js %>/common.js',
include : ['common'],
name : 'almond',
out : 'dist/js/<%= pkg.name %>.js',
insertRequire: ['common'],
wrap: true
},
dist : {
options : {
optimize: 'uglify2'
}
},
dev : {
options : {
optimize: 'none'
}
}
},
Furthermore, my common.js file is as follows:
define(['zepto', 'waypoints'], function($) {
var waypoint = $('#experience').waypoint({
handler: function(direction) {}
});
});
But when the page is loaded, I get the following error:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'apply' of undefined
The error, comes from this line on the waypoints plugin library:
return this.$element[method].apply(this.$element, args)
When I debug the code, I can see that function ZeptoAdapter(element) is called twice, once with $('#experience') as element, and once with window. The second time is when it fails, since this.$element is undefined. Am I doing something wrong? What's the proper way of including a zepto plugin?
Thanks,

Waypoints doesn't do anything to export for CommonJS or AMD. I believe you need to shim it as well:
shim : {
zepto : {
exports : '$'
},
waypoints: {
deps: ['zepto'],
exports: 'Waypoint'
}
}

This solve my problem
shim : {
jqueryWaypoints:{
deps: ['jquery'],
exports: 'jqueryWaypoints'
}
}

r.js optmiser: $ not defined

I'm trying to use the r.js optimiser for the first time.
My main file looks like this:
/*--- Require.js: the main module loader ---*/
require.config({
baseUrl: 'assets/js',
waitSeconds: 0,
paths : {
jquery : '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min',
jqueryui : '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.1/jquery-ui.min',
underscore : 'vendor/underscore/underscore-min',
backbone : 'vendor/backbone/backbone',
routefilter : 'vendor/backbone.routefilter/backbone.routefilter',
marionette : 'vendor/marionette/marionette',
tpl : 'vendor/require/tpl',
async : 'vendor/async/async',
require_async : 'vendor/require/require_async',
modernizr : 'vendor/modernizr/modernizr.custom.15872',
hello : 'vendor/hello/hello',
facebook : 'vendor/hello/facebook',
google : 'vendor/hello/google',
moment : 'vendor/moment/moment',
$dropdown : 'vendor/jquery.dropdown/jquery.dropdown',
spin : 'vendor/spin/spin',
selectBoxIt : 'vendor/selectBoxIt/selectBoxIt',
maskedinput : 'vendor/maskedinput/maskedinput',
multidatespicker : 'vendor/multidatespicker/jquery-ui.multidatespicker'
//markerclusterer : 'vendor/markerclusterer/markerclusterer'
},
shim : {
underscore: {
exports: '_'
},
backbone: {
deps : ['jquery', 'underscore'],
exports : 'Backbone'
},
marionette: {
deps : ['jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone'],
exports : 'Marionette'
},
routefilter: {
deps : ['marionette', 'backbone', 'underscore', 'jquery'],
exports : 'Routefilter'
},
selectBoxIt: {
deps : ['jquery', 'jqueryui'],
exports : 'SelectBoxIt'
},
multidatespicker: {
deps : ['jquery', 'jqueryui'],
exports : 'MultidatesPicker'
},
facebook: {
deps : ['hello'],
exports : 'Facebook'
},
google: {
deps : ['hello'],
exports : 'Google'
}
//markerclusterer: {
// exports : 'Markerclusterer'
//}
},
config: {
moment: {
noGlobal: true
}
}
});
//--- Define Google maps to make it globally accessible throughout the application ---//
define('gmaps', ['require_async!https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3&libraries=geometry,places&key=AIzaSyDRKg-SNBODA1mKMCRrfMrls48x7owr9w8&sensor=true"'],
function(){
// return the gmaps namespace for brevity
return window.google.maps;
});
//--- Define moment ---
require(["moment"], function (moment) {
moment().format();
});
// --- Initialize the application ---//
require([
'zwoop', 'backbone'
], function(Zwoop, Backbone){
Zwoop.start();
});
The build file contains the following settings:
mainConfigFile:"js/main.js",
baseUrl : "js",
name: "main",
out: "dist/main.js",
removeCombined: true,
findNestedDependencies: false,
paths: {
jquery: "empty:"
}
I don't receive any errors, but unfortunately I receive an error in the browser:
Uncaught ReferenceError: $ is not defined
It appears that either jquery is not properly loaded from the CDN, or that something is not working correctly regarding the shim.
Can you spot what the error might be?

Correct way to set up Marionette Js with core AMD build?

I am learning Marionett on the side, and am trying to stick to the core amd build and not shim marionett. here's my require config:
require.config({
paths : {
backbone : 'lib/backbone',
underscore : 'lib/underscore',
jquery : 'lib/jquery',
marionette : 'lib/backbone.marionette',
'backbone.wreqr' : 'lib/backbone.wreqr',
'backbone.babysitter' : 'lib/backbone.babysitter',
hbs : 'lib/hbs',
Handlebars : 'lib/Handlebars'
},
shim : {
jquery : {
exports : 'jQuery'
},
underscore : {
exports : '_'
},
backbone : {
deps : ['jquery', 'underscore'],
exports : 'Backbone'
}
},
hbs: {
disableI18n: true,
disableHelpers: true
}
});
I am getting Backbone is undefined in the application module of marionette when I create an application module as follows:
define(["marionette", "views/CatCompositeView"], function (Marionette, CatCompositeView) {
var app = new Marionette.Application();
app.addRegions({
mainRegion: '#content'
});
app.addInitializer(function(options){
var catCompositeView = new CatCompositeView({
collection: options.cats
});
app.mainRegion.show(catCompositeView);
});
return app;
});
Any ideas? I am able to get it all working when shimming marionette so I'm ok for now, but would like to load it all individually.
UPDATE: Here's how I ended up doing this in my require config:
require.config({
paths : {
backbone : 'lib/backbone',
underscore : 'lib/underscore',
jquery : 'lib/jquery',
marionette : 'lib/backbone.marionette',
'backbone.wreqr' : 'lib/backbone.wreqr',
'backbone.babysitter' : 'lib/backbone.babysitter',
hbs : 'lib/hbs',
Handlebars : 'lib/Handlebars'
},
shim : {
jquery : {
exports : 'jQuery'
},
underscore : {
exports : '_'
},
backbone : {
deps : ['jquery', 'underscore'],
exports : 'Backbone'
},
'backbone.wreqr': {
deps : ['backbone']
},
'backbone.babysitter': {
deps : ['backbone']
}
},
hbs: {
disableI18n: true,
disableHelpers: true
}
});

You need to shim Backbone.Marionnette too:
marionette : {
deps: ["backbone", "underscore"],
exports: "Backbone.Marionette"
}

See update above. I needed to add backbone as a dependency for wreqr and babysitter to load them individually.

RequireJS optimizer with coffeescript

I'm running on severals issues when I'm trying to run the node RequireJS on my project.
This is my folder structure :
-root
-/src
-App.coffee
-/static
-/vendor
-/plugin
-r.js
-coffee-script.js
-/lib
-jquery.js
-main.js
-build.js
This is my build.js file :
({
appDir : './',
baseUrl : './static/js/',
dir : '../public',
optimize : 'uglify',
exclude : ['coffee-script'],
stubModules : ['cs'],
paths: {
// Libraries
'modernizr' : 'vendor/modernizr',
'jquery' : ['//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min', 'vendor/jquery'],
'jqueryui' : 'vendor/jquery-ui',
'backbone' : 'vendor/backbone',
'underscore' : 'vendor/underscore',
// Plugins
'plugin' : 'plugin/plugin',
// RequireJS
'cs' : 'plugin/cs',
'coffee-script' : 'plugin/coffee-script'
},
shim: {
'jqueryui' : ['jquery'],
'underscore': {
exports: '_'
},
'backbone': {
deps: ['underscore', 'jquery'],
exports: 'Backbone'
}
},
modules: [{
name: "main"
}]
})
And finally this is my main.js file :
require({
baseUrl : '../../src/',
paths: {
cs: '../../cs',
'coffee-script': '../../coffee-script'
}
}, ['cs!App']);
I'm getting always error related to incorrect path setting and I can't figured out where I'm wrong.
Thanks !

The solution below worked in my case. It's a common issue with non-amd modules imported with shim or wrapped manually (for instance this one, with custom paths).
Try avoiding relative paths and use absolute 1 paths instead.
A dependency called from an aliased module will use its current location to find the required module.
require.config(
{
locale: window.GIS.i18n.locale,
deps: ['cs!modules/main'],
paths: {
'i18n' : 'i18n',
'underscore' : 'libs/underscore',
'cs' : 'libs/cs', // there's no '../something/else/libs/cs'
'CoffeeScript' : 'libs/coffeescript', // ibidem.
'text' : 'libs/text',
// ... other amd module aliases go here...
},
shim:{
// ...
}
});
define(['cs!modules/main'], function(){});
1 Of course, these are not absolute paths per se, but they are relative to the root of your module tree.