hi everyone, im getting into kotlin with javascrip...

# javascript

[Hamza]

hi everyone, im getting into kotlin with javascript, and im getting an error while creating a basic file:

im not sure what the issue is though. im using gradle with the build tool ‘assembleWeb’ which comes from the https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/javascript/getting-started-gradle/getting-started-with-gradle.html example on the website, so im a bit confused what’s wrong

[gcx11]

What does your build.gradle looks like?

[Hamza]

https://ghostbin.com/paste/72dvb, i am running gradle assembleWeb

[gcx11]

Replace "amd" with "umd"

[Hamza]

ok

[Hamza]

what does that change and mean?

[Hamza]

btw, it worked. 🙂

[gcx11]

It changes module definition, so it can work both on client and server. https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/javascript/working-with-modules/working-with-modules.html

I have struggled with this too and I have ended up with completely different build file, just to get tests working

[Hamza]

so if i understand correctly, the kotlin.js file is created for nodejs, and so when i tried using that with my file, which was for the browser, it didn’t work?

[Hamza]

or was it the other way round

[gcx11]

It seems you need more complex setup for that
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/javascript/working-with-modules/working-with-modules.html#using-amd

[Hamza]

yeah, i read the difference, but i don’t exactly understand the main differences between commonjs and AMD

[napperley]

One of the major differences is that commonjs is the module standard used by Node, and amd modules aren't Node compatible. The umd module standard creates a module that is compatible with commonjs and amd.