recipe to expose a JS module for CommonJS, AMD and global namespace

generic_export_recipe.js

(function(context) {
  'use strict';

  var modName = 'stuff'; // used only if mod is a function and no CommonJS or AMD supported
  
  // define your module here... can be a function or an object
  var mod = {};

  // export
  if (typeof module === 'object' && module.exports) { // CommonJS
    module.exports = exports = mod;
  }
  else if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) { // AMD
    define(function() {
      return mod;
    });
  }
  else { // at this stage context is window
    if (typeof mod === 'function') {
      context[modName] = mod;
    }
    else {
      for (var k in mod) {
        context[k] = mod[k];
      }
    }
  }
})(this);