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Day 2 of 14 30 minrequireimport/exportBuilt-ins
Split a program into files. Learn CommonJS (require and module.exports) and ES modules (import and export), how Node finds modules, the built-in modules with the node prefix, and how to choose between the two systems.
By the end of today you can
- Export and import code with CommonJS
- Export and import code with ES modules
- Use built-in modules with the node prefix
- Explain how Node resolves a module path and caches modules
- Choose between CommonJS and ES modules for a project
What's inside
- 5 sections
- 3 diagrams and mind maps
- 5 code examples you can run
- 5-question quiz
- 1CommonJS: require and module.exports
- 2Modules are cached
- 3ES modules: import and export
- 4Built-in modules
- 5How Node finds a module
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