What Is Npm

NPM is known as Node Package Manager. It is a popular open source Javascript Library. Npm is written entirely in JavaScript and was developed by Isaac Z. It's initial release was on January 12, 2010. It's recent stable release was released on 23 July 2019 and the version number is 6.10.2 . It is based on Artistic License 2.0. The entire library is maintained and managed by npm.inc .

SOFTWARE LIBRARY

Npm is a Command line tool where you can install, uninstall, update and delete new javascript packages. It is also a online platform tool where people can publish their Javascript packages to help other people. To publish your javascript libraries visit the the npm platform. Npm is serving the fortune 500 companies. It is used to build modern and powerful applications with the help of these open source and powerful javascript libraries. It contains about 800,000 code packages. Many organizations use npm to develop open source as well as private projects.

USES OF NPM

• Install Open Source Packages: You can install the packages to your projects based on your needs. Packages are a piece of code written by someone that will help other developers to easily establish the particular functionality easily by importing it.

• Publishing your packages: You can also help other developers with your packages by publishing them at npm

ADVANTAGES OF NPM

Open Source

It is one of the most important advantage of npm. It is completely free for everyone that's why it is more popular and powerful.

Dependency management

Every library has its own dependencies and without these dependencies the library or package dont work. It's a very hectic work for the Developer to install all the dependencies but npm automatically installs it for us when we install the package or library.

Version Control

The packages installed via npm are updated frequently. It takes care thar we always use the latest version of the package. Npm automatically updates the package to the current stable version of that package.

User Friendly

It is easy to use for any users we have a group of commands that are readable and easily understood for beginners.

Excellent Docs

The documentation of npm is in a well structured format easy to refer to all commands and their description. Do refer the npm docs.

Prerequisites for installing npm

The prerequisite for installing npm is Node.js as npm comes along with Node.js. To install Node.js visit its website.

OPERATIONS THAT CAN BE DONE WITH NPM

Using npm in our Project

Your project must contain a package.json file which keeps tract of all the packages you are using in your project.You can create one by

cd myproject
npm init

Install packages

The install command is used to install a particular package in your system i.e the install command followed by the package name.

Windows Example

C:\>npm install <package>

Mac OS Example

>npm install <package>

Save flag

The --save flag ensures that your library is added to package.json file.

npm install <package> --save

Uninstalling a Package

The Uninstall command removes the package from the project.

$ npm uninstall <package>

Updating a Package

The update command helps to update the version of the package and also the dependencies of that particular package.

$ npm update <package>

Search a Package

The search command is used to search for a particular package by thier name in npm.

$ npm search <package>

Publishing a Package

To publish your package or directory into npm you have to have a package.json file so to get it navigate to the directory and

$cd mypackage
$npm init

To check whether you have logged in or not.

$npm whoami

if not login then Type your Username and password

$npm login
Username: <your username>
Password: <your password>

Publish your package using the publish command after logging in

$ npm publish

NPM PACKAGES

1. Debug

2. Commander

3. Chalk

4. Async

5. Request

6. Express

7. Moment

8. Prop-types

9. Moment

10. React