Some best practices for working with Node.js and the require() function.Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. (M.Sc.) TU Darmstadt - Web Engineer - Likes JavaScript, Node.js, AngularJS and NoSQL databases. Node.js require(s) best practices 04 Feb 2014 I have to admit that the title is a bit catchy but I couldn't resist. I won't talk about Node.js and that it needs some best practices. Instead let's talk about some