Proposal

Topic of the session

Discuss recent module loading customization and interoperability efforts

Type of the session

• Collaborate
• Workshop
• Talk

Estimated duration of the session

1h

Date and Time of the session

TBD

Level

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

Pre-requisite knowledge

Familarity with module loading in Node.js

Describe the session

Recap and review recent module loading work, brainstorm ideas

• Documenting dual package shipping patterns and updating ecosystem practices: Bootstrapping the initiative: TODOs? nodejs/package-examples#2
  • What are some projects that might already be hitting require(esm) that we should check for regressions from unflagging
  • What patterns are people using to ship modules
  • What else is blocking them from migration to ESM
  • What are the practices that are used to migrate
  • What else can be done to help
  • What kind of content should we put out there, where...
• Missing pieces of ESM
  • Performance
  • Snapshot & SEA support
  • ?
• Synchronous, in-thread & universal module loader cutomization hooks: doc: add synchronous hooks proposal nodejs/loaders#198
  • What are the things not supported in module.register() that we can use the new API to fix
  • Is sync resolve + sync load + startGraph enough
  • deasync for certain workloads
• File-based preload configurations (noderc): Support .noderc or similar file-based initialization configurations? nodejs/node#53787
  • What are people using doing for preloaded configurations, what fields should be in there
  • What format is deseirable
  • Pain points of runtime configurations
  • Conflicts with other runtime configurations?

Session facilitator(s), Github handle(s) and timezone(s)

• @joyeecheung
• @mcollina
• @ShogunPanda
• @GeoffreyBooth

Meeting notes and Virtual Meeting Link

TBD

Follow-up / Set-up sessions (if any)

Additional context (optional)

TBD