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title: Shared Modules
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permalink: /modules/shared/lib/
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Shared Modules
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This folder contains a mix of shared code, with some files used only by Node (server) modules,
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some used only by Browser (client) modules, and others used by both.
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At the moment, only a few files are completely agnostic; eg: [strlib.js](strlib.js) and [usrlib.js](usrlib.js).
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One give-away is that neither contain references to any globals (although references to each other
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would be fine).
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[netlib.js](netlib.js) is appropriate only for Node modules, because it contains code that relies on Node's
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global *Buffer* object, as indicated by:
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/* global Buffer: false */
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[weblib.js](weblib.js) is appropriate only for client modules, because it contains code that relies on the
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browser's global *window* object, as indicated by:
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/* global window: true */
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We declare *window* modifiable (true) so that [defines.js](defines.js) can set *global.window* to *false*
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when running within Node, allowing any other code to test the existence of *window* with a simple:
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if (window) {...}
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instead of:
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if (typeof window !== "undefined") {...}
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