John Nguyen
Oh CommonJS! Why are you mESMing with me?
#1about 6 minutes
A real-world conflict between CommonJS and ESM packages
An NPM package upgrade causes Jest tests to fail with a syntax error because an ESM-only dependency conflicts with Jest's CommonJS environment.
#2about 3 minutes
Understanding the origins of CommonJS and ESM modules
JavaScript module systems like CommonJS and ESM were created to manage growing codebases by allowing code to be split, shared, and reused.
#3about 1 minute
Examining the current landscape of module adoption
Statistics show that while CommonJS packages are still dominant, there is a clear and growing trend towards ESM adoption in the ecosystem.
#4about 3 minutes
Comparing unbundled CommonJS and ESM performance
An initial benchmark using the AWS SDK shows that the unbundled CommonJS implementation runs faster than its ESM counterpart.
#5about 2 minutes
How bundling reveals ESM's performance advantage
After bundling with esbuild, the ESM version is nearly half the size and runs significantly faster due to superior tree-shaking capabilities.
#6about 6 minutes
Why you should embrace an ESM-only future
ESM is the future due to smaller bundles, better performance, and its status as a web standard, making it a signal to modernize legacy dependencies.
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