npm ↔ Package Manager CLI Dev tool to access/manage Module from npmjs

Source: npm

aka npm, Node-Package-Manager

included with Node.js

Package Manager

Dev tool to auto install/update/remove Package & Deps

package.json

Manifest to def project Metadata, Deps & scripts

Source: nodejs.dev/learn/the

npx

npm Package Runner sub-tool to execute Package w/o global install

Source: medium.com/@maybekatz/introducing

nvm

Dev tool to run multiple versions of Node.js on same OS

NPM Alternatives

!shit !fails at resolving deps for older packages

NPM Commands

npm semantic versioning

!flow publish pkg to npmjs registry

References

1. UNPKG ↔ CDN for npm Package, use to bypass CORS

2. yarn ↔ Package Manager, faster than npm, more reliable for old projects, prettier CLI ASCII art UI, by FB. Update: it's better than npm for sure!

3. npx ↔ npm Package Runner sub-tool to execute Package w/o global install

4. firebase-tools ↔ Firebase CLI Dev tool npm

5. Firebase CLI ↔ firebase-tools CLI Dev tool to manage Firebase from Terminal - run as .exe or npm -g Machine Code

6. next ↔ Next.js npm Package

7. tailwindcss-cli ↔ npm CLI Dev tool to run PostCSS to Preprocess/Tree-Shake CSS

8. autoprefixer ↔ npm PostCSS Plugin to parse CSS & handle Vendor Prefix

9. npm config list ↔ to print list of Node/npm dir & ver