Just do whatever you want with exports. The isolation is provided at the module level in any case.
I appreciate it when someone explains things and gives me tips and hints but I hate it when people tell me how to write my code. They somehow think they know how to code better than me. On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 3:53 AM, fent <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
