Module loaders and module definition syntaxes

The main difference between using modules (instead of namespaces or internal modules) is that after declaring all our modules, we will not import them using an HTML <script> tag. Using the <script> tag is not recommended, because web browsers "halt" (or "freeze") simultaneous downloads and rendering of the page when they encounter and load the contents of a <script> tag.

We will discover more about network performance in Chapter 13, Application Performance.

External modules avoid loading the modules of our application using the <script> and use a module loader instead. A module loader is a tool that allows us to have better control over the module loading process. This allows us to perform tasks ...

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