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Package description
The amdefine package is an implementation of the AMD (Asynchronous Module Definition) API for Node.js and an environment that does not natively support it. This allows developers to write their modules in a format that is both compatible with AMD-compatible loaders like RequireJS in the browser and usable in Node.js directly. It is particularly useful for projects that aim to share code between the client and the server or for projects that started in the browser and are moving to Node.js.
Module Definition
This feature allows the definition of modules in a way that's compatible with AMD. It checks if the `define` function is already present, and if not, it uses amdefine to provide it. This makes the module usable in environments that do not have native AMD support.
if (typeof define !== 'function') { var define = require('amdefine')(module) }
define(function(require) {
var dependency = require('dependency');
return function() {};
});
Dependency Injection
amdefine supports the AMD pattern of injecting dependencies as an array of strings, which are then provided as arguments to the module factory function. This simplifies managing dependencies and makes the module more modular and testable.
define(['dependency1', 'dependency2'], function(dependency1, dependency2) {
// Module code that uses dependency1 and dependency2
});
RequireJS is a more comprehensive solution for AMD module loading both on the client-side and server-side. It includes a loader for managing dependencies and optimizing them for production. Compared to amdefine, RequireJS offers a broader set of features for managing module dependencies and optimizing them for deployment.
Browserify allows you to use Node.js-style `require()` to organize your browser code and load modules installed by npm. It differs from amdefine by focusing on compiling Node.js modules for use in the browser rather than providing AMD compatibility. However, it serves a similar purpose of making code shareable between server and client environments.
Webpack is a powerful module bundler that can transform front-end assets like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It supports a variety of module definitions, including AMD, CommonJS, and ES6 modules, making it more versatile than amdefine. Webpack also includes a wide range of plugins and loaders that allow for complex build processes and optimizations.
Readme
A module that can be used to implement AMD's define() in Node. This allows you to code to the AMD API and have the module work in node programs without requiring those other programs to use AMD.
1) Update your package.json to indicate amdefine as a dependency:
"dependencies": {
"amdefine": ">=0.0.5"
}
Then run npm install
to get amdefine into your project.
2) At the top of each module that uses define(), place this code:
if (typeof define !== 'function') { var define = require('amdefine')(module) }
Only use these snippets when loading amdefine. If you preserve the basic structure, with the braces, it will be stripped out when using the RequireJS optimizer.
You can add spaces, line breaks and even require amdefine with a local path, but keep the rest of the structure to get the stripping behavior.
As you may know, because if
statements in JavaScript don't have their own scope, the var
declaration in the above snippet is made whether the if
expression is truthy or not. If
RequireJS is loaded then the declaration is superfluous because define
is already already
declared in the same scope in RequireJS. Fortunately JavaScript handles multiple var
declarations of the same variable in the same scope gracefully.
If you want to deliver amdefine.js with your code rather than specifying it as a dependency with npm, then just download the latest release and refer to it using a relative path:
It is best if you use the anonymous forms of define() in your module:
define(function (require) {
var dependency = require('dependency');
});
or
define(['dependency'], function (dependency) {
});
Version 1.0.3 of the RequireJS optimizer
will have support for stripping the if (typeof define !== 'function')
check
mentioned above, so you can include this snippet for code that runs in the
browser, but avoid taking the cost of the if() statement once the code is
optimized for deployment.
If you want to support Node 0.4, then add require
as the second parameter to amdefine:
//Only if you want Node 0.4. If using 0.5 or later, use the above snippet.
if (typeof define !== 'function') { var define = require('amdefine')(module, require) }
amdefine creates a define() function that is callable by your code. It will execute and trace dependencies and call the factory function synchronously, to keep the behavior in line with Node's synchronous dependency tracing.
The exception: calling AMD's callback-style require() from inside a factory function. The require callback is called on process.nextTick():
define(function (require) {
require(['a'], function(a) {
//'a' is loaded synchronously, but
//this callback is called on process.nextTick().
});
});
Loader plugins are supported as long as they call their load() callbacks synchronously. So ones that do network requests will not work. However plugins like text can load text files locally.
The plugin API's load.fromText()
is not supported in amdefine, so this means
transpiler plugins like the CoffeeScript loader plugin
will not work. This may be fixable, but it is a bit complex, and I do not have
enough node-fu to figure it out yet. See the source for amdefine.js if you want
to get an idea of the issues involved.
To run the tests, cd to tests and run:
node all.js
New BSD and MIT. Check the LICENSE file for all the details.
FAQs
Provide AMD's define() API for declaring modules in the AMD format
The npm package amdefine receives a total of 2,973,257 weekly downloads. As such, amdefine popularity was classified as popular.
We found that amdefine demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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