`require()` equivalent

[north spruce]

Just the usual JavaScript import

import myData from "./some-data.json" assert { type: "json" };

You won't need the assertion for js, JSX, etc tho

[boreal charm]

Thanks, it works indeed.

[boreal charm]

BTW, is there a list of the types that I can import somewhere?

For example, can I import a yaml file? It looks like I cannot.

[north spruce]

you can import js, ts, jsx, tsx files. You can import json with the assertion

and with node compatibility, you can import vue, svelte, etc

for yaml, you can just use Deno.readFileSync and then parse the text content

[boreal charm]

I use Deno as a JS bundler, so I wanted the file to be bundled with the remaining, but maybe Deno isn't the appropriate tool for that. I'm not used to write a full website, and I'm afraid of the "traditional" tools, which are a chore to use. I only have a html page with a few JS script, not sure if Deno is the correct tool for what I wanna do.

[north spruce]

if you are going for web use, I'd suggest not using yaml at all

If you still need to, you can just fetch() it as text content, right?

await fetch("your_file_url").then(res => res.text())

[iron flicker]

There was this thing called leaf

https://github.com/mandarineorg/leaf

Not sure if it still works, but it used to be what you used to sidestep that problem a while ago

[boreal charm]

@iron flicker I'm sorry, I'm a noob when it comes to web development, and I don't understand the scope of the project. I want to create a webapp, and I'm not sure if Deno is the right tool for that.
After reading again the documentation, it looks like Deno is an alternative to Nodejs, so it should be used for server side. Per the Deno documentation, if I want a bundler to transpile & pack my app together, I should use esbuild, but then I'm back to the npm ecosystem, right?