There seems to be some confusion when it comes to JavaScript modules. Some developers are unsure of how they work and why are various ways that they can be used. To clear up some of these ...

The current major version of the JavaScript runtime improves performance and includes native ES module support.

Modules compiled for one version of Node.js would then run on later versions with no need to recompile. The N-API effort also aims to ease support of multiple back-end JavaScript engines.

ECMAScript modules, aka ES modules or ESM, is the official JavaScript module syntax. As such, it is not technically a tool, but it has broad implications for JS development and tools.

There are ways though that modules provide to export variables so they can be accessed from outside the module, and that I covered already in a previous article: An Intro To JavaScript Modules.

As Netflix services and demands are growing, so are UI concerns. Learn how a modularized JavaScript Codebase was implemented to lessen these issues.

TypeScript 5.9 RC arrives with import defer for deferred module evaluation, stable Node.js 20 module targeting, and refined editor hover tooltips. It also brings compiler performance gains and notable ...

Microsoft shipped the beta release of TypeScript 4.7, which tackles a "very difficult feature," ECMAScript Module Support in Node.js.