JavaScript Modules in 2017: Where We Stand and What’s Next

When talking about modules in terms of JavaScript what come on the mind first are CommonJS and AMD. Yet, its 2017 and we have the native module system in JavaScript. We have already Google Chrome, bundlers and loaders that resolve ES2015 modules. Besides by using Webpack we can combine dynamic and compiled modules to improve user response time. This blog post introduces the reader into JavaScript modules in general and into ES2015 module system in particular. It also explains how one can split the application into modules where some are bundled and some loaded on demand.