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What you need to know about ES modules in Node.js

7 min read Jump links Several names for the same thing Which versions of Node.js have full support for ES modules? Why are ECMAScript modules marked as ‘Experimental’ in the Node.js documentation? ES and CommonJS modules play nice together (mostly) Use ES modules when you start a new Node.js project It’s probably not worth migrating your existing Node.js […]

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Node.js now supports named imports from CommonJS modules, but what does that mean?

5 min read Node.js v14.13.0 introduces support for named imports from CommonJS modules. Sounds great, right? But I realised I had no idea what this actually meant. Join me on my journey of discovery!