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Oct 13, 2026Common JS vs ECMAScript Modules
CommonJS (CJS) and ECMAScript Modules (ESM) are the two main systems used in JavaScript to organize,...
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Oct 13, 2026Hardhat 3 in a CommonJS Application: Isolating ESM Tooling Without Breaking CI
Hardhat 3 in a CommonJS Application: Isolating ESM Tooling Without Breaking CI Modernising...
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Oh CommonJS! Why are you mESMing with me?! Reasons to ditch CommonJS
It was a normal patching day. I patched and upgraded my npm dependencies without making code changes,...
Jul 12, 20245 min read3 reactions0 comments
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Mar 15, 2024Transitioning from CommonJS to ESM
This is a translated article from the original post:...
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Dec 20, 2022How to build TypeScript to ESM and CommonJS
Before you start reading, please get familiar with the difference between CommonJS (CJS) and...
Dec 20, 20227 min read2 reactions0 comments
JavaScript Module Ecosystem
Overview of the JavaScript module ecosystem.
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How different is CommonJs require from ES6 import?
In JavaScript, you can use either ECMAScript 6(ES6) modules or CommonJs modules in your project and...
Aug 28, 20212 min read31 reactions1 comments
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Oct 2, 2020Node.js now supports named imports from CommonJS modules, but what does that mean?
A couple of months ago I read the excellent blog post ‘Node Modules at War: Why CommonJS and ES Modul...
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Jan 22, 2019Why I've stopped exporting defaults from my JavaScript modules
Last week, I tweeted something that got quite a few surprising responses:...
Jan 22, 20198 min read10 reactions1 comments