npm

Question 1

What is NPM?

Answer 1

The world’s largest software registry.
Consists of three distinct components: the website, the CLI, the registry
CLI runs from a terminal, and is how most developers interact with npm.
Registry: large public database of JavaScript software and the meta-information surrounding it

Question 2

What is a package?

Answer 2

Also called “modules”
Reusable code that other developers can use. Like shared building blocks to solve problems
Directory with one or more files in it, that also has a file called package.json with some meta-data about this package
* a directory that has package.json

Question 3

How can you create a package.json with npm?

Answer 3

npm init –yes

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Modules that the project relies on to function properly
When you install a package…?
* package that your package needs to run.
* npm install [name of package]
* npm install jquery

Question 5

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

Answer 5

The package is automatically listed in the package.json file, under the dependencies list