where does nativescript look for modules? - nativescript

Question

where does nativescript look for modules as I read in http://www.bennadel.com/blog/2169-where-does-node-js-and-require-look-for-modules.htm the order for nodejs is like this:
(I don't have problem with relative paths,the problem is when no file path is used)
1-First, Node.js looks to see if the given module is a core module then in node_modules in this order:
for example for var utils = require( "utils" ); it like this :
./node_modules/utils.js
./node_modules/utils/index.js
./node_modules/utils/package.json
what about in nativescript what is the order of locations it looks for modues?

Answer 1

Usually, you would just npm to manage all your dependencies from the project root. NativeScript uses commonJS, so npm is used to distribute plugins. You can find out more here.
There are a number of slightly different approaches:
NPM Modules:
So to add the Nativescript OAuth you would run npm install knock-knock-jokes --save in the project root and then in the app var knockknock = require('knock-knock-jokes') would work.
NativeScript Plugins:
For Nativescript specific plugins, you can run tns plugin add nativescript-oauth for most nativescript applications, this will keep all dependencies recorded in your package.json file also.
With TypeScript
Also, you might like to use TypeScript to enable IntelliSense etc. In which case the syntax would be more like import * as tnsOAuthModule from 'nativescript-oauth'; and if the module doesn't have a definition file shipped with it on npm, then you might like to use the typings which will manage your typescript definitions.