CommonJS vs ESM
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What is CommonJS vs ESM?
CommonJS and ES (EcmaScript) are module systems used in Node. CommonJS is the default module system. However, a new module system was recently added to NodeJS - ES modules. CommonJS modules use the require() statement for module imports and module.exports for module exports while it's import and export for ES.
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