I think what mikeal's point was that your module should focus on one main
purpose. Any extra features should be attached to the main _default_
funtion.
There are however modules with many main features like utility belts
underscore and utile.
On Sunday, March 4, 2012 2:13:43 AM UTC-7, Tito wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> A couple of weeks ago I saw a slide where @mikeal mentioned: "if your
> module exposes more than one function, you might be doing it wrong :)"
>
> I replied by asking: "@mikeal What if I have a bunch of utility functions?
> Isn't this the purpose of a module? A module per function sounds like
> overkill..."
>
> He replied with: "@titusmagnus module.exports = function default () {}.
> module.exports.notdefault = function () {}"
>
> I'm fairly new to Node and I don't really know how to implement a module
> with this syntax. As a matter of fact, I haven't been able to find any
> related documentation. What is the purpose of default() and notdefault()?
> Is there a page where I can see this in action? A real example would be
> awesome.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Tito
>
>
On Sunday, March 4, 2012 2:13:43 AM UTC-7, Tito wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> A couple of weeks ago I saw a slide where @mikeal mentioned: "if your
> module exposes more than one function, you might be doing it wrong :)"
>
> I replied by asking: "@mikeal What if I have a bunch of utility functions?
> Isn't this the purpose of a module? A module per function sounds like
> overkill..."
>
> He replied with: "@titusmagnus module.exports = function default () {}.
> module.exports.notdefault = function () {}"
>
> I'm fairly new to Node and I don't really know how to implement a module
> with this syntax. As a matter of fact, I haven't been able to find any
> related documentation. What is the purpose of default() and notdefault()?
> Is there a page where I can see this in action? A real example would be
> awesome.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Tito
>
>
On Sunday, March 4, 2012 2:13:43 AM UTC-7, Tito wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> A couple of weeks ago I saw a slide where @mikeal mentioned: "if your
> module exposes more than one function, you might be doing it wrong :)"
>
> I replied by asking: "@mikeal What if I have a bunch of utility functions?
> Isn't this the purpose of a module? A module per function sounds like
> overkill..."
>
> He replied with: "@titusmagnus module.exports = function default () {}.
> module.exports.notdefault = function () {}"
>
> I'm fairly new to Node and I don't really know how to implement a module
> with this syntax. As a matter of fact, I haven't been able to find any
> related documentation. What is the purpose of default() and notdefault()?
> Is there a page where I can see this in action? A real example would be
> awesome.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Tito
>
>
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