question: comparing this with app-module-path-node

[alessioalex]

Hey there, I was wondering when should I use this module over the other? In my project I'm only looking to require stuff from the root, so I won't be needing another folder besides that for quick access. Should I just use require-self-ref instead? I think it would be more transparent as to where I require the modules from, compared to app-module-path-node. Thanks.

[patrick-steele-idem]

I feel like require-self-ref is strictly better than app-module-path and am recommending it going forward. The biggest advantage of require-self-ref is that it relies on a special symbol at the beginning of the target path and this makes the whole solution less of a hack. Of course, I would love to see the Node.js module loading system adopt the require-self-ref approach natively, but I don't think that will happen because they have locked the native module loading system, but who knows...