NPM is a powerful package manager. It supports a scripts property in the package.json file. These scripts allow you to run commands for the current project. A typical command is to run the test suite for the project. You can also combine scripts or add CLI flags to individual …

When preparing a package release, you may want to preview the upcoming release locally. The NPM CLI has a handy command to create a tarball locally: {{outline}} Create a Local Release Package Running the npm pack command in a directory containing a package.json file will create a .tar.gz …

NPM has large ecosystem of JavaScript modules. During development, you may add dependencies to your project and may not need them anymore at a later point. Using the NPM CLI to install dependencies will add the module to your project dependencies by adding it to your package.json file. In …

The development lifecycle of NPM packages is fast. You’ll regularly notice releases that contain new features or bug fixes. Over time, your project’s dependencies go out of date and you need to invest time into updating the third-party packages. Show Outdated NPM Packages The NPM CLI shows outdated …

NPM is the package manager of choice when working with Node.js. We don’t need to emphasize the importance of knowing your tools and of course, this holds true for NPM as well. This post will show you tips and tricks using NPM to show installed packages for your …

The previous NPM quick tips were all about installing packages and we want to enhance it by showing you shortcuts for package installations. NPM integrates multiple time savers for repetitive commands executed from the command line. To run the commands used within this article, we leverage NPM in version 2. …

We’re huge fans of Node.js and NPM. Especially, hapi has taken a place in our hearts for the category of Node.js frameworks. And since Node ships with NPM (node package manager) by default, there are multiple tips, tricks and shortcuts which will save you time doing repetitive …

Trying to install the node-package bcrypt on windows can be a lot of pain. I’ve tried it on four different systems; one time it worked like a charm but the other times I had to search a lot to solve several problems. Mostly those problems were caused by the …