Modular JavaScript with ES Modules
Overview
Modules provide a structured approach to organizing code by dividing it into individual files or modules, thereby enhancing manageability. This approach facilitates code reuse and promotes improved organization. By utilizing modules, developers can export and import functionality between various sections of their codebase. ES (ECMAScript) modules provide concise syntax for exporting and importing variables, functions, and classes, which enhances code modularity and facilitating collaboration among developers.
ES Modules are inherently supported in contemporary web browsers and Node.js environments, rendering them a potent and extensively embraced resource for structuring and overseeing a JavaScript codebase.
Prepare
- Read: Introduction to Libraries with ES Modules - WDD Learning Modules
- Reference: JavaScript Modules - MDN web docs
Check Your Understanding
- Complete the activities presented in these Ponder Activities - WDD Learning Modules
Optional Resources
- Modules - Eloquent Javascript
- JavaScript module examples