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JavaScript

Posted by Chase Allbee
Chase Allbee
10,767 Points

require question

I've never encountered something similar to the http = require("http");

I just want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly, but is this similar to including header files in something like C? Meaning, that we're linking to some other kind of code that has it's own methods? Or Is it something else?

1 Answer

Zahscha Gonzalez
Zahscha Gonzalez
27,775 Points
Zahscha Gonzalez
Zahscha Gonzalez
27,775 Points

This is not part of the core JavaScript language, but yes, it works the same way as it would in C/Python/PHP and other languages that use require() for including or linking to other code.