ES modules: A cartoon deep-dive - Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

ES modules bring an official, standardized module system to JavaScript. With the release of Firefox 60 in May, all major browsers will support ES modules, and there is current work ...

ES modules bring an official, standardized module system to JavaScript. It took a while to get here, though — nearly 10 years of standardization work. But the wait is almost over. With the release of Firefox 60 in May ( currently in beta ), all major browsers will support ES modules, and the Node modules working group is currently working on adding ES module support to Node.js . And ES module integration for WebAssembly is underway as well. Many JavaScript developers know that ES modules have been controversial. But few actually understand how ES modules work. Let’s take a look at what problem

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