Sharing objects and avoiding globals in node.js

Question

What would be the most appropriate way of sharing the database connection in the below snippet ( the db variable) with my routers/controllers without turning the

Answer 1

As suggested by @Jed Watson, the moongoose module uses a singleton (anti?) pattern, which is enforced by the require/export mechanism. Here is the specific bit of code :

(as found here : https://github.com/LearnBoost/mongoose/blob/master/lib/index.js)

/*!
 * The exports object is an instance of Mongoose.
 *
 * @api public
 */

var mongoose = module.exports = exports = new Mongoose;