How do you share constants in NodeJS modules?

Question

Currently I\'m doing this:

foo.js

const FOO = 5;

module.exports = {
    FOO: FOO
};

And using it in bar.js:<

Answer 1

You can explicitly export it to the global scope with global.FOO = 5. Then you simply need to require the file, and not even save your return value.

But really, you shouldn't do that. Keeping things properly encapsulated is a good thing. You have the right idea already, so keep doing what you're doing.