In Node.js, how do I “include” functions from my other files?

Question

Let\'s say I have a file called app.js. Pretty simple:

var express = require(\'express\');
var app = express.createServer();
app.set(\'views\', __dirname + \         


        

Answer 1

This is the best way i have created so far.

var fs = require('fs'),
    includedFiles_ = {};

global.include = function (fileName) {
  var sys = require('sys');
  sys.puts('Loading file: ' + fileName);
  var ev = require(fileName);
  for (var prop in ev) {
    global[prop] = ev[prop];
  }
  includedFiles_[fileName] = true;
};

global.includeOnce = function (fileName) {
  if (!includedFiles_[fileName]) {
    include(fileName);
  }
};

global.includeFolderOnce = function (folder) {
  var file, fileName,
      sys = require('sys'),
      files = fs.readdirSync(folder);

  var getFileName = function(str) {
        var splited = str.split('.');
        splited.pop();
        return splited.join('.');
      },
      getExtension = function(str) {
        var splited = str.split('.');
        return splited[splited.length - 1];
      };

  for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
    file = files[i];
    if (getExtension(file) === 'js') {
      fileName = getFileName(file);
      try {
        includeOnce(folder + '/' + file);
      } catch (err) {
        // if (ext.vars) {
        //   console.log(ext.vars.dump(err));
        // } else {
        sys.puts(err);
        // }
      }
    }
  }
};

includeFolderOnce('./extensions');
includeOnce('./bin/Lara.js');

var lara = new Lara();

You still need to inform what you want to export

includeOnce('./bin/WebServer.js');

function Lara() {
  this.webServer = new WebServer();
  this.webServer.start();
}

Lara.prototype.webServer = null;

module.exports.Lara = Lara;