Can any Typescript experts clarify when and why you would choose AMD vs Common JS for module creation when using Typescript?
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AMD is used in the browser (e.g RequireJS) : reason is it allows parallel download of files as network latency is a major bottleneck.
CommonJS is used in the server (e.g. nodejs) where files can be read from disk upfront, but you don't want to read a file till you try to use the code it contains.
Here is a video on the subject that further explains this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDrWLMUY0R0
Are you using require.js? Use AMD
Are you using node.js? Use CommonJS
Don't know what those are? Not using either of them? Don't use external modules.
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