how to to resolve circular dependency in Node.js with require() while using ES Modules
Quick question that's been bugging me - This might be a silly question, but I've looked through the documentation and I'm still confused about I'm working with a circular dependency scenario in my Node.js application when trying to use `require()` with ES Modules. My project uses Node.js v16.13.0 and I'm attempting to structure it as follows: I have two files, `a.js` and `b.js`, that depend on each other: ```javascript // a.js const b = require('./b.js'); module.exports = { value: 'This is A', b }; ``` ```javascript // b.js const a = require('./a.js'); module.exports = { value: 'This is B', a }; ``` When I run my application, I get the following behavior: ``` behavior: want to find module './b.js' from 'a.js' ``` It seems that Node.js is unable to resolve the dependencies because of the circular reference. I've tried refactoring the code to use ES module syntax with `import` and `export`, but that leads to another behavior, stating that circular dependencies are not supported in the same way. I've considered breaking the circular dependency by isolating shared logic into a third module, but I'm unsure how to structure that without complicating the code further. Does anyone have suggestions on how to resolve this circular dependency scenario while still keeping the modular structure? Any insights or examples would be greatly appreciated! My development environment is Windows. Any ideas what could be causing this? My development environment is Linux.