Javascript requireJS Dependency Array as a Variable

Question

The following code works:

define(["./my/dependency"], function (myDep) {
    return awesomeness
    // Everything is fine :)
}

It would be very nice, due to restrictions in the environment I'm working in, to define dependencies earlier in an array but this doesn't work:

deps = ["./my/dependency"]

define(deps, function (myDep) {
    return abandonAllHope
    // Everything is terrible :(
})

I'm new to Javascript/requireJS/nodeJS and working to alter an existing nodeJS project. The website fails to load major elements when I try the second option. I'm not sure how to bugfix this issue and can't understand why only the second option fails.

Right now just as shown, with an implicitly created array of strings. (`deps = ["./my/dependencies"]`) I was trying to do something fancier earlier, but then boiled the error down to this. — kuro, May 15 '18 at 01:26
[**That doesn't seem to be the error**](https://stackoverflow.com/q/12047637/). There is probably something else wrong somewhere. — ibrahim mahrir, May 15 '18 at 01:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 15 '18 at 07:24

I can see two problems:

missing var keyword
you are defining global variable deps which might be overwriting something

Please try this one, this uses anonymous function which is calling itself instance:

(function () {
    var deps = ["./my/dependency"];

    define(deps, function (myDep) {
        return abandonAllHope
        // Everything is terrible :(
    });
}());

Javascript requireJS Dependency Array as a Variable

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