NPM

Question 1

What is NPM?

Answer 1

NPM is a software registry where developers can use and share software for others to use.
Make up of three things. 
1. Website
2. Registry
3. CLI

Question 2

What is a package?

Answer 2

Packages are bits of code that solve a particular problem. Packages are a directory with one or more files plus a file called package.json.

Question 3

How can you create a package.json with npm?

Answer 3

1. cd /path/to/package

2. npm init –yes / npm init -y

Question 4

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

Answer 4

A dependency is a library (code that someone else wrote) that a project needs to function effectively. It also holds the version number of the package. You can add a dependency by using npn install __

Question 5

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

Answer 5

A node_modules directory is created.