Making Sense of Dependency with Require.js

Corey Light

January 2014 / Show-Me Tech

AMD

(Asynchronous module definition)

"A JavaScript API for defining modules such that the module and its dependencies can be asynchronously loaded."

Who's using it?

• jQuery 1.7
• Dojo 1.7
• EmbedJS
• Firebug
• Node

The Old

The New

The Magic

Asynchronicity!

Setting it Up

What about non-AMD modules?

Benefits

• Async
• Allows for many different, small js files to be used in development
• Allows for CDN with local fallbacks
• Consistency and maintainability
• Use R.js for production to combine and minify all assets

Questions? Thanks!