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Questions - commonjs

Is there any performance difference in ES modules vs Common JS modules in NodeJS servers?

Is there any performance advantage or disadvantage of using ES modules over CommonJS modules in a nodejs backend project? I'm asking this because I see a lot of people using CJS still even though newe...
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Nethrenial.

node.js

node-modules

es6-modules

commonjs

Votes: 0

Answers: 1

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An import statement can reference an ES module or a CommonJS module. import statements are permitted only in ES modules, but dynamic import() expressions are supported in CommonJS for loading ES modul...
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Jagruti Adkar

How do I require a function in a node modules without using a Module Bundler

I cannot find an accurate answer to this anywhere. I understand the browser doesn't recognise commonJS syntax hence why if require() is loaded into the browser a reference error occurs like this let i...
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Kevin Greetham

javascript

npm

webpack

es6-modules

commonjs

Votes: 0

Answers: 2

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import in a browser does not allow importing from a plain filename. You must at least construct some kind of path starting with "/", "./", or "../" or even a full URL as ...
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jfriend00

Include a few ES style npm modules into a project with mostly commonJS modules

I have browsed a lot of questions in this space, but I haven't found a clear answer. I recently updated many of my project's npm dependencies to their latest. The project is entirely built around com...
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farhadf

node.js

npm

import

es6-modules

commonjs

Votes: 0

Answers: 1

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In the more recent versions of nodejs, the way to import an ESM module directly into a CommonJS module is with the dynamic version of import as in: // import ESM module from CommonJS module import(&qu...
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jfriend00

How to import a Common JS(?) module which exports as a callable, from TypeScript

I have mixed JS/TS project There is a JS library in the project that does this: module.exports = () => { // some logic conditional on env vars here // then... return { someMethod: () =>...
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Anentropic

typescript

commonjs

Votes: 0

Answers: 1

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Found a solution in the end... We need to add a TS declaration file mymodule.d.ts The declaration file should look like: declare function mymodule(): { someMethod: <appropriate signature here>...
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Anentropic

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