I have been playing around with node.js, and coming from a Java background, I am struggling to differentiate between modules and the typical concept of objects in JavaScript. When implementing a modules, I am currently doing it this way: // someModule.js var privateVariable; this.sampleFunction = function() { // ... } Now, the way I am using this module in another place is: var moduleName = require('./someModule'); var foo = moduleName.sampleFunction(); I don't know if this is the right way to do modular development in node.js - because I realized I am not actually using objects, like using new() - which I would need to do when I want to have collections etc. What is the right way to proceed here if I want a collection of person objects - how will my module and it's definition look like?
For general background on your question you might find JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford a helpful read. It provides a clear and concise (the whole book is only 176 pages--a rarity) explanation of how JavaScript differs from "classical" (as the author refers to them) languages.