Named export vs exporting an object

Question

Why does this work:

const str = \'stuff\';
export {
  str
};

But not this:

export default {
  str: \'stuff\'
};
         


        

Answer 1

The main reason of the export statement is to be used to export functions, objects or primitives from a given file (or module).

But you need an identifier in order to be exported (so that it can be imported via import in another script).

You can simply do:

export const obj = {
  str: 'stuff'
};

During the import, you will be able to use the same name obj to refer to the corresponding value.

And import it like:

import { obj } from 'myLib';