Question

I’ve been playing with node.js for a while, and I’ve really come to appreciate how awesome it is. However, one thing I’m struggling to understand is how I should structure my code so that it is maintainable. Most tutorials I’ve seen on the internet have all the JS in one file, which is hardly a nice way to manage your code. I am aware there is no such thing in real-terms as a “class” in javascript, but is there a (standard) way for me to format my code for maintainability in the same way I’d structure a PHP project, for example?

Answer 1

Afaik you can use require to include your own js files (containing exported methods) using:

var req = require('./someJsFile');

Within someJsFile.js you can export methods like this:

exports.someMethod = function(){ /*...*/ };

And in your main file you can address such a method using req.someMethod()

So this way you can split up your code in different files, which you require from some central js file.

Here is an article explaining node.js require