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Node.JS Using import vs require?

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Hi folks,

I never thought to ask or look this up before (I mainly just went with whatever works), but when would you use require vs import? I noticed in some videos and code repositories some people use require and some use import. From the bits of pieces that I've gathered import seems like the newer standard, is that right?
 
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import is part of ES6-standard and more used in modern scripts. Require is something you can see a lots of specially in server side, older scripts.

Personally i like require more, but i am gettin old fart here.
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import is part of ES6-standard and more used in modern scripts. Require is something you can see a lots of specially in server side, older scripts.

Personally i like require more, but i am gettin old fart here.
 
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EkBass said:
import is part of ES6-standard and more used in modern scripts. Require is something you can see a lots of specially in server side, older scripts.

Personally i like require more, but i am gettin old fart here.
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Haha, thank you for the help!
 
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For a more detailed explanation 🙂 :
Require is nodejs built-in which allows for the flexibility to be able to use custom modules as well as the npm installed modules. Import, on the other hand, is indeed an ES-standard function that only calls npm based modules.

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Difference Between Node Require and ES6 Import And Export - GeeksforGeeks

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Antero360 said:
For a more detailed explanation 🙂 :
Require is nodejs built-in which allows for the flexibility to be able to use custom modules as well as the npm installed modules. Import, on the other hand, is indeed an ES-standard function that only calls npm based modules.

courtesy of:
www.geeksforgeeks.org

Difference Between Node Require and ES6 Import And Export - GeeksforGeeks

A Computer Science portal for geeks. It contains well written, well thought and well explained computer science and programming articles, quizzes and practice/competitive programming/company interview Questions.
www.geeksforgeeks.org www.geeksforgeeks.org
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Thats excatly what i would have said, if i would not be a old fart lol
 
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