ES Modules: All You Need To Know

ESM and CommonJS are Javascript’s module systems. Let’s understand how they compare and when to choose which system.

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ES Modules (or short: ESM) and CommonJS (or short: CJS) are the two module systems in Javascript that are actively being used. Module Systems allow us to share and reuse code easily. For example, we can write a module for image compression which can then be distributed via npmjs.com and used…