Node.js - use of module.exports as a constructor

Question

According to the Node.js manual:

If you want the root of your module\'s export to be a function (such as a constructor) or if you want to export a c

Answer 1

At the end, Node is about Javascript. JS has several way to accomplished something, is the same thing to get an "constructor", the important thing is to return a function.

This way actually you are creating a new function, as we created using JS on Web Browser environment for example.

Personally i prefer the prototype approach, as Sukima suggested on this post: Node.js - use of module.exports as a constructor