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user2005121
user2005121

Reputation: 437

Typescript module creation AMD vs Common JS

Can any Typescript experts clarify when and why you would choose AMD vs Common JS for module creation when using Typescript?

Upvotes: 17

Views: 5826

Answers (2)

basarat
basarat

Reputation: 275867

AMD is used in the browser (e.g RequireJS) : reason is it allows parallel download of files as network latency is a major bottleneck.

CommonJS is used in the server (e.g. nodejs) where files can be read from disk upfront, but you don't want to read a file till you try to use the code it contains.

Here is a video on the subject that further explains this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDrWLMUY0R0

Upvotes: 19

Ryan Cavanaugh
Ryan Cavanaugh

Reputation: 220964

Are you using require.js? Use AMD

Are you using node.js? Use CommonJS

Don't know what those are? Not using either of them? Don't use external modules.

Upvotes: 9

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