RequireJs: How To Define Extra Dependencies For 3rd Party Library

Basically I want to be able to load some module first before other. For example, I want bootstrap to load first before backbone. Can I declare dependencies like so? shim: { 'ba

Solution 1:

Yes, that is the way to do it (in the require.config({ ... block of course.) It is also recommended to add an exports key and set it to Backbone. This will allow you to use Backbone inside a require or define block, as though it were a real AMD module:

define(['backbone'], function (Backbone) {
  // Backbone here is the function parameter instead of the global reference
});

Read more here. In fact they even reference Backbone as their example!