How does javascript import work in Moodle

How does javascript import work in Moodle

by Howard Miller -
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I'm not sure if this is a crazy question...

When creating javascript in Moodle, I can do something like...

import {get_string as getString} from core/str;

Now get_string is clearly exported from lib/amd/src/str.js

My question... how does this work? How does the import get "translated" to know where core/str actually lives in the running application? Just curious. 

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Re: How does javascript import work in Moodle

by lior gil -
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The paths are mapped with RequireJS that sets the root path and also resolves the full path of the module. Without it you'd need to find the proper path yourself, so this method relieves you from this headache.
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Re: How does javascript import work in Moodle

by Howard Miller -
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Makes sense. RequireJS is mostly dark magic to me smile
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