NPM

Question 1

What is NPM?

Answer 1

npm is the world’s largest software registry

A way to reuse code from other developers, and share your code with other developers on the registry

npm consists of three distinct components:

the website
the Command Line Interface (CLI)
the registry

Question 2

What is a package?

Answer 2

A directory with one or more files in it that also has a file called package.json with some metadata about this package

Question 3

How can you create a package.json with npm?

Answer 3

1. Navigate to the root directory of your package first
2. Run the command ‘npm init’

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Dependencies are packages or libraries that your application depends on to function.

You can add it using the command line

npm install [package]

Question 5

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

Answer 5

The dependencies in your project’s package.json allow the project to install the versions of the modules it depends on. By running an install command inside a project, you can install all of the dependencies listed in the project’s package.