Why does a module level return statement work in Node.js?

TL;DR The modules are wrapped by Node.js within a function, like this: (function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { // our actual module code }); So the above shown code is actually executed by Node.js, like this (function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { console.log(“Trying to reach”); return; console.log(“dead code”); }); That is why the … Read more

Importing Sass through npm

If you are looking for a handy answer in 2017 and are using Webpack, this was the easiest I found. Suppose your module path is like: node_modules/some-module/sass/app Then in your main scss file you can use: @import “~some-module/sass/app”; Tilde operator shall resolve any import as a module.

Top-level ‘await’ expressions are only allowed when the ‘module’ option is set to ‘esnext’

You can wrap your code for const account inside an async function as your target option doesn’t support top level await. const account = async () => { await stripe.accounts.create({ type: “express”, }); }; It depends on your code whether you want to return something or you want to perform some other tasks after await. … Read more

How does NPM handle version conflicts?

All the dependencies and the internal dependencies tries to get a place in the root of the node_modules unless there is a conflict with the same dependency, but different version. When a conflict raises, it creates a sub node_modules under each dependency needed and pushes conflicting internal libraries in it. EXAMPLE: Here, “A” internally depends … Read more

Best node.js module for finding location? [closed]

Using IP-based geolocation is possible, but not very accurate. So I suggest you to think about going with a hybrid approach, like trying to get the users location via the HTML5 geolocation API inside the browser and fallback to the serverside if necessary. I took a look at the two most used geoip/-location modules available … Read more

How to install node.tar.xz file in linux

Steps to download and install node in ubuntu Step 1: Download latest or recommended node .tar.xz file from https://nodejs.org/en/ or you can download node version 14.15.5 (.tar.xz file) directly from here -> https://nodejs.org/dist/v14.15.5/node-v14.15.5-linux-x64.tar.xz Step 2: Go to the directory in which (.tar.xz file) is downloaded. In my case –> /Download directory Step 3: Update System … Read more

How to provide a mysql database connection in single file in nodejs

You could create a db wrapper then require it. node’s require returns the same instance of a module every time, so you can perform your connection and return a handler. From the Node.js docs: every call to require(‘foo’) will get exactly the same object returned, if it would resolve to the same file. You could … Read more

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