RequireJS 0.14.3 Released

RequireJS 0.14.3 is available for download.

• Support for define(). It works the same as require.def(). It is supported in order to conform with the Asynchronous Module Proposal. require.def will continue to work, but you are encouraged to gradually migrate to define() for better compatibly with other Async Module loaders.
• text! plugin now works in Node.
• _dirname and _filename support in the r.js Node adapter.
• Bug fix for priority option.
• GPL license option removed: project is now just MIT and new BSD dual-licensed, since the new BSD license is compatible with the GPL.

The big motivation was the require.def() -> define() API change. I do not expect any more top-level changes to the API now, particularly when related to the Asynchronous Module proposal. There may be some API changes around how plugins are written at some point, but those are tricky to write today, and could use an API cleanup. However, using plugins in your application code will likely stay the same.

To be clear: require.def() will continue to be supported. If you only care about loading your modules via RequireJS, you can continue to use it. However, if you think you might want to allow your code to work in other script loaders that follow the Asynchronous Module API, then you should look at switching to define().