I find this easier to explain in code:

var a = { b: {} }; // a = modules, a.b = modules.exports
var b = a.b; // b = exports

b.hello = 'world'; // set a key on "exports", works.
b = { goodbye_cruel: 'world' }; // set "exports" to a whole new object,
doesn't
console.log(a); // outputs: { b: { hello: 'world' } }

a.b = { goodbye_cruel: 'world' }; // set "module.exports" to a whole new
object works.
console.log(a); // outputs: { b: { goodbye_cruel: 'world' } }

On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:20 AM, spion <gorgi.ko...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Friday, October 18, 2013 3:57:34 AM UTC+2, yougen zhuang wrote:
>>
>>
>> exports = Rect;
>>
>>>
>>>
> Here is a helpful diagram that I often use to explain this:
>
> http://i.imgur.com/bNG7JfZ.png
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