In Node.js, how do I “include” functions from my other files?

Question

Let\'s say I have a file called app.js. Pretty simple:

var express = require(\'express\');
var app = express.createServer();
app.set(\'views\', __dirname + \         


        

Answer 1

Udo G. said:

• The eval() can't be used inside a function and must be called inside the global scope otherwise no functions or variables will be accessible (i.e. you can't create a include() utility function or something like that).

He's right, but there's a way to affect the global scope from a function. Improving his example:

function include(file_) {
    with (global) {
        eval(fs.readFileSync(file_) + '');
    };
};

include('somefile_with_some_declarations.js');

// the declarations are now accessible here.

Hope, that helps.