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by throw_m239339 1684 days ago
> I have been doing nodejs backend development for the past 10 years and I have no idea why ES module are needed and who is using them

ES modules are part of the Ecmascript spec. DENO uses them. Node.js modules aren't part of the ES spec.

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I see, so a front end thing indeed :) (and yes deno, which I feel the main purpose is to bring the problems and debates of the front end devs, in an otherwise much saner js backend end world ^^ )