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Getting an Uncaught reference error - require not defined when I try to import a javascript file

This is my first time actually posting a question here, so please go easy on me. I have been trying to create a really simple app in javascript/html and I have been writing javascript code and testing in jest up until now. Jest has been insisting that I export/import my javascript files with module.exports = {functionName} and const functionName = require('./someAddressHere');.

This has been working great so far for testing but now I want to hook up my javascript files in an index.js and start configuring my event listeners to the html. When I try the same import method I get a Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined. I'm pretty new to web development so is there something I'm missing here or am I going about this all wrong?

Solution

  • So I ended up using webpack to package all my node modules and distribute to the front.