ES6: Create an Export Fallback with export default
ES6: Create an Export Fallback with export default In the export lesson, you learned about the syntax referred to as a named export . This allowed you to make multiple functions and variables available for use in other files. There is another export syntax you need to know, known as export default . Usually you will use this syntax if only one value is being exported from a file. It is also used to create a fallback value for a file or module. Here is a quick example of export default : export default function add(x,y) { return x + y; } Note: Since export default is used to declare a fallback value for a module or file, you can only have one value be a default export in each module or file. Additionally, you cannot use export default with var , let , or const