Named export
In TS you can export with the export
keyword. It then can be imported via import {name} from "./mydir";
. This is called a named export. A file can export multiple named exports. Also the names of the imports have to match the exports. For example:
// foo.js file
export class foo{}
export class bar{}
// main.js file in same dir
import {foo, bar} from "./foo";
The following alternative syntax is also valid:
// foo.js file
function foo() {};
function bar() {};
export {foo, bar};
// main.js file in same dir
import {foo, bar} from './foo'
Default export
We can also use a default export. There can only be one default export per file. When importing a default export we omit the square brackets in the import statement. We can also choose our own name for our import.
// foo.js file
export default class foo{}
// main.js file in same directory
import abc from "./foo";
It's just JavaScript
Modules and their associated keyword like import
, export
, and export default
are JavaScript constructs, not typescript. However typescript added the exporting and importing of interfaces and type aliases to it.