Node Package Manager (NPM)

The default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js.

Table of Contents

• Basics
  • Updating NPM
  • install npm's local dependencies
  • list outdated packages
  • Update all global packages
  • package version
  • list packages
• Favorite Global Packages
  • Install

Basics

Updating NPM

npm install npm -g

install npm's local dependencies

npm i

list outdated packages

npm outdated

Update all global packages

npm update -g

package version

npm view <package> version

list packages

npm ls
npm -g ls

Favorite Global Packages

Install

npm install -g \
babel-eslint \
eslint \
eslint-config-airbnb \
eslint-plugin-react \
gitbook-cli \
gitbook-plugin-collapsible-menu \
lodash \
react \
redux \

Creating a module

publish

From: NPM

Publishes a package to the registry so that it can be installed by name. All files in the package directory are included if no local .gitignore or .npmignore file exists. If both files exist and a file is ignored by .gitignore but not by .npmignore then it will be included. See npm-developers for full details on what's included in the published package, as well as details on how the package is built.

By default npm will publish to the public registry. This can be overridden by specifying a different default registry or using a npm-scope in the name (see package.json).

npm publish [<tarball>|<folder>] [--tag <tag>] [--access <public|restricted>]

• Publishes . if no argument supplied
• Sets tag latest if no --tag specified

Notable Packages

npm install -g cleaver

References

• npmjs: Creating Node.js modules