import example

Author: mbostock

docs/javascript/foo.js

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const foo = 42;

docs/javascript/imports.md

@@ -12,12 +12,20 @@ Now you can reference the imported `confetti` anywhere on the page.
 Inputs.button("Throw confetti!", {reduce: () => confetti()})
 ```
 
-You can also import JavaScript from local ES modules.
+You can also import JavaScript from local ES modules. For example, if this is `foo.js`:
 
 ```js no-run
+export const foo = 42;
+```
+
+Then you can say
+
+```js show
 import {foo} from "./foo.js"
 ```
 
+and the imported value of `foo` is: ${foo}.
+
 This allows you to move code out of Markdown and into vanilla JavaScript files that can be shared by multiple pages — or even another application. And you can write tests for your code.
 
 TK There is a [bug](https://github.com/observablehq/cli/issues/115) where npm protocol imports don’t work from local ES modules.