NPM Flashcards

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What is NPM?

A

npm is the world’s largest software registry.

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What is a package?

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A package is a file or directory that is described by a package.json file. A package must contain a package.json file in order to be published to the npm registry

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3
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How can you create a package.json with npm?

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nevigate to folder in which you want to add package file and then use command “npm init –yes”

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4
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What is a dependency and how to you add one to a package?

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dependencies are modules which are also required to run and develop application
“npm install “

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What happens when you add a dependency to a package with npm?

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package,json file is updated by adding information about the dependency in package.json file and add node_modules direcatory is added

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