Optimize Your JavaScript: Mastering Code Splitting with Modules

Efficiently Manage Large JavaScript Projects by Splitting Code into Modules

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As JavaScript projects grow larger, managing all the code becomes increasingly challenging. Code splitting with modules offers a solution by breaking down your codebase into smaller, more manageable pieces.

In this guide, we’ll explore how to implement code splitting using modules, helping you optimize your JavaScript projects effectively.

What is Code Splitting?

Code splitting is the practice of dividing your codebase into smaller chunks, loading only the necessary code when it’s needed. This can improve performance by reducing the initial load time and minimizing the amount of code that needs to be downloaded.

Splitting Code with Modules

JavaScript modules provide a natural way to split code into separate files. Let’s consider an example:

// main.js
import { greet } from './greetings.js';

document.getElementById('btn').addEventListener('click', () => {
  greet('World');
});

In this example, main.js imports the greet function from greetings.js. When the button is clicked, the greet function is called.