The Asynchronous Module Definition (AMD) API provides powerful modularization options to JavaScript developers. But this introduces its own problems when it comes to dependency management. As this post demonstrates, Mozilla's Rhino engine offers developers a means to analyze these dependencies.
define(["dojo/text!./path/some.txt"], function(textData) {
Dojo's AMD loader has some useful contextual loading features.
Note the exclamation mark in the dependency.
dojo/text! can be used to load character data;
dojo/has! can be used to load different modules based on
environment.
Writing your own plugin is relatively trivial.
This post demonstrates a way to use the Dojo 1.7 AMD loader to provide mock/stub/fake/dummy artefacts in place of the defined dependencies.
Along with a few other JavaScript libraries, Dojo is making the transition to the Asynchronous Module Definition (AMD) API. This post presents a few minimal files written to make use of it.
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