What is RequireJS?
RequireJS loads plain JavaScript files as well as more defined modules. It is optimized for in-browser use, including in a Web Worker, but it can be used in other JavaScript environments, like Rhino and Node. It implements the Asynchronous Module API. Using a modular script loader like RequireJS will improve the speed and quality of your code.
RequireJS is a tool in the Front End Package Manager category of a tech stack.
RequireJS is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to RequireJS's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses RequireJS?
Companies
4525 companies reportedly use RequireJS in their tech stacks, including Uber, Slack, and Accenture.
Developers
3875 developers on StackShare have stated that they use RequireJS.
RequireJS Integrations
Babel, WebStorm, Luxon, JScrambler, and TurboGears are some of the popular tools that integrate with RequireJS. Here's a list of all 5 tools that integrate with RequireJS.
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RequireJS Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to RequireJS?
Browserify
Browserify lets you require('modules') in the browser by bundling up all of your dependencies.
Webpack
A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows to load parts for the application on demand. Through "loaders" modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.
JavaScript
JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
