CommonJS

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CommonJS is a project with the goal of specifying an ecosystem for JavaScript outside the browser (for example, on the server or for native desktop applications).

History

The project was started by Mozilla engineer Kevin Dangoor in January 2009 and initially named ServerJS.[1]

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What I’m describing here is not a technical problem. It’s a matter of people getting together and making a decision to step forward and start building up something bigger and cooler together.

— Kevin Dangoor[1]

In August 2009, the project was renamed CommonJS to show the broader applicability of the APIs.[2] Specifications are created and approved in an open process. A specification is only considered final after it has been finished by multiple implementations.[3] CommonJS is not affiliated with the Ecma International group TC39 working on ECMAScript, but some members of TC39 participate in the project.[4]

In May 2013, Isaac Z. Schlueter, the author of npm, the package manager for Node.js, said CommonJS is being made obsolete by Node.js, and is avoided by the core Node.js developers.[5]

Specifications

The list of specifications includes:[6]

Current

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Proposals

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Implementations

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See also

References

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External links

  1. 1.0 1.1 What Server Side JavaScript needs - Blue Sky On Mars
  2. CommonJS: JavaScript Standard Library
  3. ProposalProcess - CommonJS Spec Wiki
  4. CommonJS: the First Year - Blue Sky On Mars
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  7. Server-side JavaScript development and hosting - Akshell
  8. olegp/common-node @ GitHub
  9. - GitHub
  10. DrBenton/CommonJSForPHP - GitHub
  11. Implementations/CouchDB - CommonJS Spec Wiki
  12. Flusspferd - CommonJS platform | Javascript bindings for C
  13. Implementations/GPSEE - CommonJS Spec Wiki
  14. Implementations/Smart - CommonJS Spec Wiki
  15. Homepage - JSBuild
  16. MongoDB
  17. Implementations/Narwhal - CommonJS Spec Wiki
  18. Implementations/node.js - CommonJS Spec Wiki
  19. Implementations/Persevere - CommonJS Spec Wiki
  20. pinf/loader-js - GitHub
  21. Implementations/RingoJS - CommonJS Spec Wiki
  22. SilkJS WWW Site
  23. Implementations/SproutCore - CommonJS Spec Wiki
  24. Implementations/TeaJS - CommonJS Spec Wiki
  25. Wakanda
  26. xuljet - XUL JavaScript Enhanced Toolkit - Google Project Hosting