Register.js

Register js is a compatible level for Node.js programs to run under browser environment. To do this, you should add a single line at the end of your javascript file:

 var register_js = require("regsiter-js") //Call only once for your entire project.
 
 //Then you can use it anywhere.
 register(exportObject, "TestNamespace.TestObject", module);

Or if you're not 100% sure register.js has loaded correctly, the following statement will do 100% correctly under both browser and Node.js:

 var module = require("register-js")(exportObject, "TestNamespace.TestObject", module);

On node.js it will equal to

 module.exports = exportObject;

On browser script, it will equal to

 window.TestNamespace.TestObject = exportObject;

Also, register.js will provide you a require function for browser, which is almost as the same as node.

 var X = require("TestObject", "TestNamespace.TestObject");

And this tool will try to find a resource named as TestNamespace/TestObject.js.

The second parameter will be regarded as the better browser option. However, you can write no 2nd parameter as well:

 var X = require("TestObject");

And this calling will find a javascript file named as TestObject.js.

You can set a configuration object as registerConfig:

 registerConfig.root = "http://example.com/js/"

Then the searching file will be

 http://example.com/js/TestNamespace/TestObject.js

and

 http://example.com/js/TestObject.js

Auto-fetch can be useful only when you're running simple websites with limited visitors or testing. Do not use it for large websites, because performance will be a serious problem. Use grunt to compile your javascript code into a single file to avoid multiply loading.

Browser support:

 IE      6.0 +
 Firefox 1.0 +
 Chrome  1.0 +
 Safari  5.0 +
 Opera   9.0 +

WARNING: Since there has been already a npm package named register, so we used "register-js" instead. For browser, global scope register is also available.

RequireJSON

Since 1.1.0, you can use requireJSON for both node and browser.

requireJSON("test.jsonPackage");

This method will look for test/jsonPackage.json. Also, you can use

requireJSON.fileType = "js";

To make it work with js files.