How should I require modules effectively from outside of node_modules folder?

Question

I have a bunch of modules in my application, what I require relatively from the current script. The problem with this if I want to restructure my application then I have to change tons of require statements.

So I started to use something like this:

//loader.js in root

"use strict";

exports.Logger = require('./core/logger');
exports.Module = require('./core/module');

And in my files I use require it like this:

"use strict";

var Loader = require('../../loader');
var Logger = Loader.Logger;
var logger = new Logger();

So now if I want to restructure the shared codes in my application then I have to change the require only in the loader.js file. Is this a good solution? What do you use?

Is there any way to make require fully automatic when the required module name is unique?

Answer 1

Why are your modules not stored in directories? For example:

/ app.js lib --/logger ----/index.js

then in app.js you can just require(./lib/logger)