This gist proposes an enhanced CommonJS module declaration pattern for NodeJS.

nodejs-enhanced-cjs-pattern

/*
Date: Jan 19 2017
title: NodeJS enhanced CJS module pattern
author: Shahzad Nawaz
email: shahzadscs@gmail.com
Description:
This gist proposes an enhanced CommonJS module declaration pattern for nodeJS/express modules.
*/

//(all core imports,requires should be listed here. e.g "fs", etc)
/*core modules*/
//...


//(all external imports,requires should be listed here. e.g "express", etc)
/*external modules*/
//...


//(all module-scoped local vars, lets, should be listed here.)
/*locals*/
//...


//(any initialization(s) should be written here.)
/*initialization*/
//...


//(all routes, or anything similar should be listed together, along with ref to their handlers here)
/*routes list*/
//...


//(all module exports(first indirect ones (from another module), then direct ones) should be listed here.)
/*exports*/
//...


//(all handlers (routes, utils) should be listed here.)
/*functions declarations*/
//...