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Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

var Article = require('../../../models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

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Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

var Article = require('../../../models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

	var pattern = function(value){
	switch(true){
	case (function(v){return v === 2})(value):
	console.log('bach');
	break;
	case (function(v){return v === 3})(value):
	console.log('bing');
	break;
	default:
	console.log('bar!');

	define('helpers/merge', function() {

	/**
	* Extend method. Deep cloning.
	* @param {Object} target Object to be extended.
	* @return {Object} Extended object.
	*/
	var _merge = function merge(target, attributes) {

	var sources = [].slice.call(arguments, 2);

	define('helpers/queue', function() {
	var Queue = {};
	Queue.items = [];
	Queue.enqueue = function(process) {
	var id = Queue.items.push(process);
	setTimeout(function() {
	Queue.update(id);
	}, 0);
	};

	window.pathToRegExp = function (path, keys, options) {
	keys \|\| (keys = []);
	options \|\| (options = {});
	// https://github.com/aaronblohowiak/routes.js
	path = path
	.concat('/?')
	.replace(/\/\(/g, '(?:/')
	.replace(/(\/)?(\.)?:(\w+)(?:(\(.?\)))?(\?)?\|\/g, function(_, slash, format, key, capture, optional){
	if (_ === "*"){
	keys.push(undefined);

	define('helpers/repeat', ['extend'], function(extend) {
	/**
	* template:
	* repeat(20).with({image:default.png, private:true});
	*/
	var repeat = function(times) {
	var a = Array.apply(null, new Array(times));
	a.with = function(template){
	return a.map(function(){
	return extend({}, template);

	<!doctype html>
	<!-- paulirish.com/2008/conditional-stylesheets-vs-css-hacks-answer-neither/ -->
	<!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8 lt-ie7" lang="en"> <![endif]-->
	<!--[if IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8" lang="en"> <![endif]-->
	<!--[if IE 8]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9" lang="en"> <![endif]-->
	<!--[if gt IE 8]><!-->
	<html class="no-js" lang="en">
	<!--<![endif]-->
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">