Defining AMD modules / libraries as AMD, Common JS and browser globals This is a quick way of defining a JS module that will load in any of three environments and allow you to pass in dependencies.

module-loading.js

(function (global, $, name, definition) {
    // Checks what environment we are in and loads accordingly
    if (typeof define === "function" && define.amd) {
        // With AMD we require the module with its name rather than passing the variable directly
        define(["jquery"], definition); // AMD
    }
    else if (typeof module !== "undefined" && module.exports) {
        // CommonJS will need to require the node module for jQuery
        $ = require("jquery");
        module.exports = definition($); // CommonJS
    }
    else {
        global[name] = definition($); // Browser global variable
    }
})(this, this.$, "ModuleName", function ($) {
    // Modules private API
    return {
        // Modules public API
    };
});