DefineModules

A module that simplifies injecting module dependencies into a file through a configuration json that contains the paths of the project files aliased to a unique name.

Installation

npm install define-modules --save

Usage

• Creating a JSON configuration file.

  If the folder structure is as follows (example of an auto generated express application):

  Express/
           routes/
                  index.js
                  user.js
           public
           views
           app.js
  

  The server side javascript files should be configured in a json as follows:

  {
      "app":"app",
      "routes":"routes",
      "user":"routes/user"
  } 

  You can call it pathsconfig.json or whatever name you prefer and save it in your main project root.

• Invoking the code.

  If you want to invoke the code in app.js which is in the main project root, the syntax is as follows:

  var define = require('define-modules');
   
  define.config('./pathsconfig.json');
   
  //if both routes and user needs to be required, use this instead
  define.load(['routes','user'], function(routes, user) {
      //functions exported by user and routes can be used here 
  });

Summary

That is all. You just needed to specify the file paths in a json file once and instead of writing multiple require statements, use syntax similar to requirejs define to invoke the modules inside whatever files you want in your project.

Tests

npm test