🎻🎻 A first step to becoming an npm virtuoso

npm i express 

npm i --save-dev express or npm i -D express 

npm i express -g ``` --- removing a package ``` npm uninstall express ``` (add `-g` to install / uninstall globally) ## The not so obvious get outdated packages ``` npm outdated ``` show all installed packages ``` npm list ``` (`ls`, `la` and `ll` can be used as aliases for `list`) show all globally installed packages ``` npm list --global ``` you should probably use it like this, otherwise the output will be quite long, because this also shows the dependencies of your globally installed packages. ``` npm list --global --depth=0 ``` visit the package page on npmjs.com ``` npm home <package> ``` ## Getting information about packages show which version is used and which packages are requiring the specified module ``` npm ls express ``` show all available versions, description, contributers of a package ``` npm view express ``` ## Local Development with packages aka Linking in my-module (will later on be used in the host project) ``` npm link ``` in the host project (which is going to use my-module) ``` npm link my-module ``` If you link a package, it'll be automatically updated in the target application or just install the local module via the file system ``` npm install ../my-module ``` show all globally linked modules ``` npm ls -g --depth=0 --link=true ``` ## Creating a local package ``` npm init ``` or ``` npm init -y ``` to answer all the questions during the installation process with yes. --- Do you have some useful npm commands, that you are using on a regular basis? Or some lifesavers? Please add them in the comments! Thanks for reading!