Is there a better way to require Backbone, jQuery, underscore, etc. in every module?

Question

When defining a module in require.js, I have to always list the common libs as dependencies:

define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone'], function(){
   //do stuff here
});

Is there a way that I don't have to always require these common modules in every define and just require them once, or does this ruin the whole concept of independent modules?

ebohlman ebohlman · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-11T19:10:15

Pretty much the latter: one of the main purposes of using a module system is to avoid the need for separate pieces of code to interface with each other through globals. That pretty much requires dependencies to be explicitly called out in each module and given locally-scoped names.

Is there a better way to require Backbone, jQuery, underscore, etc. in every module?

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