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The Concept of Require
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#####In the context of Node, what is a module?

  • Modules are groupings of code that serve similar purposes.
  • They are more or less the JS version of a Ruby class, a way to break up and group up sections of code.

#####The code examples from the second blog post look very different from the first. Why?

  • While the first blog post described how to use module.exports, which is the technique we've already been exposed to, the second article was talking about using RequireJS, a JavaScript file and module loader. RequireJS can be used to create modular chunks of code using a define function. Mutliple dependencies can be declared in another file through a define call.
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