#modules

An import map is a JSON object that allows developers to control how the browser resolves module specifiers when importing JavaScript modules. It provides a mapping between the text used as the module specifier in an import statement or import() operator, and the corresponding value that will replace the text when resolving the specifier. The JSON object must conform to the Import map JSON representation format.

When applications are done well, they are just the really application-specific, brackish residue that can't be so easily abstracted away. All the nice, reusable components sublimate away onto github and npm where everybody can collaborate to advance the commons.

This is an article on the module pattern for Javascript, and some of its neat properties. I’ve been using it recently for projects like Wax and mmg, and think it’s a neat way to structure code and avoid some of the less likable parts of the language.

"This module provides the handler send-as-is which causes Apache to send the document without adding most of the usual HTTP headers."

"PickleShare - a small 'shelve' like datastore with concurrency support"