es6-modules

Question 1

How are ES Modules different from CommonJS modules?

Answer 1

es modules use ‘export default’ and ‘import’ rather than module.exports and require()

• the syntax for import export is different
• ecma scripts are part of the official js standards, whereas commonJS is community led and will never be accepted by browsers

Question 2

What kind of modules can Webpack support?

Answer 2

EMCA, CommonJS, AMD, Asset, and Web Assembly Modules

Question 3

facts about named exports

Answer 3

• names exports must be imported by the exact same name
• curly braces are mandatory when importing them
• every module can have many named exports, but can only have one default exports