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 > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.