Scope, IIFEs etc

[des-des]

Okay, this came up in a pull so I thought I would drop my thought in an issue.

The top level scope in a js file is global in the browser, You should not be writing code here as you will accidentally declare variables in global scope (very bad).

I see 2 ways of sharing stuiff between files

1: Declare only one global variable. call it echo.

The

// some_file.js
(() => {
  var self = {}
  var x = 2; // private

  self.y = 3 // will be exposed

  // lots more stuff

  echo.someFile = self;
}());

You can also use $document.ready(() => {}) or something from jquery

2:
Write your code as if in node (module.exports, require), then use browserify

[ghost]

Thanks for this Eoin!