Implementing modules – the old way
Before ES6, JavaScript had never supported modules natively. Developers used other techniques and third-party libraries to implement modules in JavaScript.
Using Immediately-invoked function expression (IIFE), Asynchronous Module Definition (AMD), CommonJS, and Universal Module Definition (UMD) are various popular ways of implementing modules in ES5. As these ways were not native to JavaScript, they had several problems. Let's see an overview of each of these old ways of implementing modules.
The Immediately-Invoked Function Expression
The IIFE is used to create an anonymous function that invokes itself. Creating modules using IIFE is the most popular way of creating modules.
Let's see an example of how to create ...
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