string-module ~ create module from method on string instances

string-module.js

// 27 July 2014
// String#module

// based on lessons from xyz project [https://github.com/dfkaye/xyz], 
// String#as [https://gist.github.com/dfkaye/96637eda4e262dfe91ee], 
// and Function#create [https://gist.github.com/dfkaye/04e13542abd4bf06abc9]

// in the xyz project, I'm thinking of changing the global-use pattern,

(define)(__filename)

// to instance-use

(__filename.module)

// which entails this on String.prototype

String.prototype.module = function(pathOrFn) {
  
  // set up instancehandler
  
  // delegate to instancehandler which in turn will 
  // delegate to pathhandler vs fnhandler
  // and return itself or a module
  
  // finally return the instancehandler
};

// so we can do

('com.namespace.thing'.module)
('dependency/path'.as('alias'))
('builtin/path')
(function () {
  // module.exports, require, global, etc.
});

// or just

'com.namespace.thing'.module
('dependency/path'.as('alias'))
('builtin/path')
(function () {
  // module.exports, require, global, etc.
});

string-module.js-jquery-like.js

// UPDATE FEB 28, 2015

// __filename may be unassigned in browsers so a tool should write the
// browser-friendly file path 

(__filename || 'generated/path/to/file.js').module
('dependency/path'.as('alias'))
('builtin/path')
(function () {
  // module.exports, require, global, etc.
});

// since January 2015 thinking jquery plugin style is better

$.module(__filename || 'generated/path/to/file.js')

('dependency/path'.as('alias'))
('builtin/path')

(function () {
  // module.exports, require, global, etc.
});