concept require() in category react

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As of this writing, import (http://mng.bz/VjyO) is supported by only one browser—Edge—and isn’t supported by Node.js. ES6 modules with import syntax will need more work in the Webpack setup. It isn’t an exact replacement for CommonJS require/module.exports syntax, because those commands work differently. For this reason, the following listing (ch12/email-webpack/app.jsx) refactors app.jsx to use require() and module.exports instead of global objects and HTML <script>. Due to the use of style-loader, you can require CSS files as well. And because of the Babel loader, you can require JSX files.