What's the difference between require.config and requirejs.config

Question

I'm trying to set up requirejs and then optimise it using r.js, but then I'm confuse with these method. I've used require.config() before, but then I saw they also have requirejs.config() and I don't know what's the difference. Sample code:

require.config({     baseUrl: 'js/lib',     paths: {         app: '../app'     } });  requirejs.config({     baseUrl: 'js/lib',     paths: {         app: '../app'     } }); 

They both do the same thing. And when I optimise it, the result is exactly the same. I want to know what's the difference? When should I use on or the other?

Answer 1

"requirejs" is just an alias to the same API, since "require" is used by other libraries. From the documentation:

If you just want to load some JavaScript files, use the require() API. If there is already a require() in the page, you can use requirejs() to access the RequireJS API for loading scripts.

Even though it makes no technical difference, just by convention I would stay with require.config unless you have a naming conflict with some other module loader.

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