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What are "standard modules" for modern browser? I don't typically frontend dev these days, so I'm likely a bit out of the loop.

The way I typically thought of dependencies with browsers was to bundle them all together. Is there some new solution to this problem?

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Probably using the ES2015 import syntax[1], which allows you to dynamically load modules. I have my doubts whether your average medium+ sized JS app will be that dynamically, so you'll probably end up slurping a whole lot o' module at startup. And without tree-shaking, more stuff to download and digest.

[1]https://caniuse.com/#feat=es6-module-dynamic-import

You can bundle modules together so you don't have a ton of downloads, but the basic module graph will at least be loadable. WebPackaging will also help in the future.

They’re still mainly bundlers for now, such as webpack. But browsers are slowly adopting first class modules which has already been solidified by the spec afaik.

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