Defining modules supporting AMD/CommonJS/Node and Globals!

umd.js

/*
 * From blogpost @ http://ifandelse.com/its-not-hard-making-your-library-support-amd-and-commonjs/
 */

(function (root, factory) 
{
  if(typeof define === "function" && define.amd) 
  {
    // Now we're wrapping the factory and assigning the return
    // value to the root (window) and returning it as well to
    // the AMD loader.
    define(["dependency"], function(dependency)
    {
      return (root.theModule = factory(dependency));
    });
  } 
  else if(typeof module === "object" && module.exports) 
  {
    // I've not encountered a need for this yet, since I haven't
    // run into a scenario where plain modules depend on CommonJS
    // *and* I happen to be loading in a CJS browser environment
    // but I'm including it for the sake of being thorough
    module.exports = (root.theModule = factory(require("dependency")));
  }
  else 
  {
    root.theModule = factory(root.dependency);
  }
}(this, function(dependency) 
{
  // module code here....
  return theModule;
}));