node-module-system

Question 1

What is a JavaScript module?

Answer 1

a single .js file

Question 2

What values are passed into a Node.js module’s local scope?

Answer 2

exports, require, module, __filename & __dirname

exports: how this module and function can pass functionality and values to other modules

require: how this module and function can pull in functionality and values to other modules

__filename gives you the file name
__dirname fives you the directory

these 5 are how modules are able to communicate w other modules

Question 3

Give two examples of truly global variables in a Node.js program.

Answer 3

console and process