This simple diagram will help you understand the difference between require and import. Apart from that, You can’t selectively load only the pieces you need with require but with import, you can selectively load only the pieces you need, which can save memory. Loading is synchronous(step by step) for require on the other hand import … Read more
Add an environment variable called NODE_PATH and set it to %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\npm\node_modules (Windows XP), %AppData%\npm\node_modules (Windows 7/8/10), or wherever npm ends up installing the modules on your Windows flavor. To be done with it once and for all, add this as a System variable in the Advanced tab of the System Properties dialog (run control.exe … Read more
Just look at the docs: require_relative complements the builtin method require by allowing you to load a file that is relative to the file containing the require_relative statement. For example, if you have unit test classes in the “test” directory, and data for them under the test “test/data” directory, then you might use a line … Read more
From “User Script Tip: Using jQuery – Erik Vold’s Blog” // ==UserScript== // @name jQuery For Chrome (A Cross Browser Example) // @namespace jQueryForChromeExample // @include * // @author Erik Vergobbi Vold & Tyler G. Hicks-Wright // @description This userscript is meant to be an example on how to use jQuery in a userscript on … Read more
Try to set properties on module.exports, instead of replacing it completely. E.g., module.exports.instance = new ClassA() in a.js, module.exports.ClassB = ClassB in b.js. When you make circular module dependencies, the requiring module will get a reference to an incomplete module.exports from the required module, which you can add other properties latter on, but when you … Read more
There are require and include_once as well. So your question should be… When should I use require vs. include? When should I use require_once vs. require The answer to 1 is described here. The require() function is identical to include(), except that it handles errors differently. If an error occurs, the include() function generates a … Read more
There are many reasons why one might run into this error and thus a good checklist of what to check first helps considerably. Let’s consider that we are troubleshooting the following line: require “/path/to/file” Checklist 1. Check the file path for typos either check manually (by visually checking the path) or move whatever is called … Read more