title: Load and execute external js file in node.js with access to local variables?
body: <p>Is it easy/possible to do a simple <code>include('./path/to/file')</code> type of command in node.js?  </p>
  
  <p>All I want to do is have access to local variables and run a script.  How do people typically organize node.js projects that are bigger than a simple hello world?  (A fully functional  dynamic website)</p>
  
  <p>For example I'd like to have directories like:</p>
  
  <p><code>/models</code></p>
  
  <p><code>/views</code></p>
  
  <p>... etc</p>