Content tagged “JavaScript modules”

  1. JavaScript Modules – A Beginner's Guide

    JavaScript modules (also known as ES modules or ECMAScript modules) were created to help make JavaScript code more organized and maintainable.

    Understanding how ES modules work will help you become a better JavaScript developer. In this article, we’ll cover:

    • What is a module?
    • What are ES modules? Why do we use them?
    • How to use ES modules
    • Other module systems used in JavaScript

    Madison Kanna’s excellent introduction to standardized JavaScript module syntax. Of particular note, the syntax for importing from a file that includes both a default and additional named exports:

    import add, { multiply, subtract } from './math.js';