npm-intro

Question 1

What is NPM?

Answer 1

NPM is a database that developers can share their codes or for others to reuse that code.

Question 2

What is a package?

Answer 2

a package (sometimes called a module) is a directory with files containing reusable codes in it, and it 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

use the npm init command with the –yes or -y flag.

Question 4

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

Answer 4

A dependency is a package that depends on another package to run.
And to add one, you could use the npm install command.

Question 5

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

Answer 5

It download the source code and place it in the node-module directory. The package is automatically listed in the package.json file, under the dependencies list.