RequireJS implements the AMD API (source). CommonJS is a way of defining modules with the help of an exports object, that defines the module contents. Simply put, a CommonJS implementation might work like this: // someModule.js exports.doSomething = function() { return “foo”; }; //otherModule.js var someModule = require(‘someModule’); // in the vein of node exports.doSomethingElse … Read more
RequireJS can be configured to append a value to each of the script urls for cache busting. From the RequireJS documentation (http://requirejs.org/docs/api.html#config): urlArgs: Extra query string arguments appended to URLs that RequireJS uses to fetch resources. Most useful to cache bust when the browser or server is not configured correctly. Example, appending “v2” to all … Read more
Like AlienWebguy said, per the docs, require.js can blow up if You have an anonymous define (“modules that call define() with no string ID“) in its own script tag (I assume actually they mean anywhere in global scope) You have modules that have conflicting names You use loader plugins or anonymous modules but don’t use … Read more