An Introduction of Node Package Manager (NPM)

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 NPM is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language. It is the
default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js. It
consists of a command line client, also called npm, and an online database of public
and paid-for private packages, called the npm registry. The registry is accessed via
the client, and the available packages can be browsed and searched via the npm
website. The package manager and the registry are managed by npm, Inc.
 NPM is included as a recommended feature in Node.js installer.npm consists of a
command line client that interacts with a remote registry. It allows users to
consume and distribute JavaScript modules that are available on the registry.
Introduction

 NPM is the world's largest Software Library (Registry).
 NPM is also a software Package Manager and Installer.
 The registry contains over 800,000 code packages.
 Open-source developers use npm to share software.
 Many organizations also use npm to manage private development.
What is NPM?

 npm is a package manager for Node.js with hundreds of thousands of packages.
Although it does create some of your directory structure/organization, this is not
the main purpose.
 The main goal, as you touched upon, is automated dependency and package
management. This means that you can specify all of your project's dependencies
inside your package.json file, then any time you (or anyone else) needs to get
started with your project they can just run npm install and immediately have all of
the dependencies installed. On top of this, it is also possible to specify what
versions your project depends upon to prevent updates from breaking your project.
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 It is definitely possible to manually download your libraries, copy them into the
correct directories, and use them that way. However, as your project (and list of
dependencies) grows, this will quickly become time-consuming and messy. It also
makes collaborating and sharing your project that much more difficult.
 Hopefully this makes it more clear what the purpose of npm is. As a Javascript
developer (both client-side and server-side), npm is an indispensable tool in my
workflow.
 npm is free to use.
 You can download all npm public software packages without any registration or
logon.
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 npm includes a CLI (Command Line Client) that can be used to download and install
software:
Installing NPM

Software Package Manager
 The name npm (Node Package Manager) stems from when npm first was created as
a package manager for Node.js.
 npm is installed with Node.js
 All npm packages are defined in files called package.json.
 The content of package.json must be written in JSON.
 At least two fields must be present in the definition file: name and version.

Package.Json
 How to generate package.json file.
 Here is Package.Json file:

 name − name of the package
 version − version of the package
 description − description of the package
 homepage − homepage of the package
 author − author of the package
 contributors − name of the contributors to the package
 dependencies − list of dependencies. NPM automatically installs all the dependencies
mentioned here in the node_module folder of the package.
 repository − repository type and URL of the package
 main − entry point of the package
 keywords − keywords
Attributes of Package.json

Installing Packages
There is a simple syntax to install any Node.js module −
syntex:
$ npm install <Module Name>
 For example, following is the command to install a famous Node.js web framework
module called express
$ npm install express
We have two ways to install package.
1. Install package local
2. Install package global

By default, NPM installs any dependency in the local mode. Here local mode refers
to the package installation in node_modules directory lying in the folder where
Node application is present. Locally deployed packages are accessible via require()
method. For example, when we installed express module, it created node_modules
directory in the current directory where it installed the express module.
local packages are installed in the directory where you run npm install <package-
name>, and they are put in the node_modules folder under this directory.
For example:
$ npm install express
Install package local

 Globally installed packages/dependencies are stored in system directory. Such
dependencies can be used in CLI (Command Line Interface) function of any node.js
but cannot be imported using require() in Node application directly. Now let's try
installing the express module using global installation.
 For example:
$ npm install express -g
Install package global

Adding dependency
 Adding dependency in package.json:
 For example:

Adding dependency
 Here is Package.Json file:
 express dependency (package) we add into package.json file

Update Package:
 Update package.json and change the version of the dependency to be updated and
run the following command.
 For example:
$ npm update express
Search a package:
 Search a package name using NPM.
 For example:
$ npm search express
Updating packages

 Nodemon is a utility that will monitor for any changes in your source and
automatically restart your server. Perfect for Nodejs development. Install it using
npm.
 Just use nodemon instead of node to run your code, and now your process will
automatically restart when your code changes. To install, get node.js, then from
your terminal run:
 npm install -g nodemon
Installing Nodemon

 Automatic restarting of application.
 Detects default file extension to monitor.
 Default support for node & coffeescript, but easy to run any executable (such as
python, make, etc).
 Ignoring specific files or directories.
 Watch specific directories.
 Works with server applications or one time run utilities and REPLs.
 Requirable in node apps.
 Open source and available on github.
Features of Nodemon

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