node/no-new-require Restriction
What it does
Warn about calling new
on require
.
Why is this bad?
The require
function is used to include modules and might return a constructor. As this is not always the case this can be confusing.
Examples
Examples of incorrect code for this rule:
js
var appHeader = new require("app-header");
Examples of correct code for this rule:
js
var AppHeader = require("app-header");
var appHeader = new AppHeader();