ES Modules - Things to consider

[trevtrich]

Topic

Title

ES Modules - Things to consider

Summary

I've spent a fair bit of time recently digging into the use of ES Modules and have come across (and continue to come across) a ton of things to consider; more than most probably care to consider. I plan to go over from a high level how they can be used right now with live examples in both Node.js & the browser, then work my way down to some of the finer grained pieces that should be considered when deciding how far to go with them. A few examples are: 1) can common.js modules be imported from es modules? how about in the browser vs. in Node? 2) recommendations for building a shared library that might be consumed in either common.js or as an es module.

Supporting Info

Scheduling

• is this a talk that you already have prepared or do you still need time to
  get it ready?

I have done a fair bit of research and hacking, but have not started the actual talk. I am planning to complete that this month for next month's meeting.

• is this a practice run for a talk that you are giving at another event? if
  so, when is that event?

no

• would this talk work better as a lightning talk or as the only talk of the
  night?

full-length talk

• anything else that would help us decide an appropriate month?

nope

• do you have a preferred hosting location?

virtual, since I don't live in the metro. well, and COVID 👎

Presentation

• will you be presenting from a mac or windows machine? (this gives us an idea
  of what options are available to connect to the presentation equipment)

n/a

• are the ports available limited in any way?

n/a

• do you have your own adapters for connecting to a projector, etc?

n/a

You

• would you like your name displayed the same as your github profile?

yup

• do you have a twitter handle that you would like displayed on the site?

@trevtrich