Getting Started with NPM 4
This course will teach you to use npm with your web development projects, and other development projects to do basic and advanced tasks, and also to publish your own packages to NPM.
What you'll learn
Learning npm is important because it is one of the most widely used developer tools. In this course, Getting Started with NPM 4, you’ll learn to use npm with your development. First, you’ll explore the basic tasks in npm that will be used on a frequent basis such as creating a project and installing dependencies. Next, you’ll discover advanced scenarios for npm such as installing from alternate locations, pruning, and auditing. Finally, you’ll see how to publish your own packages to npm. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of npm needed to handle both common scenarios and advanced tasks & skills.
Table of contents
- Version Check 0m
- Introduction 1m
- What Is a Package? 1m
- Typical npm Usage 2m
- npm Help 1m
- npm Shourtcuts 1m
- Creating a package.json 3m
- Installing Packages 2m
- The package-lock.json File 2m
- Listing Installed Packages 2m
- Installing Global Packages 1m
- Removing a Package 1m
- Installing Specific Versions 5m
- Installing Existing Dependencies 3m
- Updating Packages 1m
- Setting Defaults 2m
About the author
Joe began his love of programming on an Apple III in BASIC. Although his preferred language is JavaScript, he has worked professionally with just about every major Microsoft language. He is currently a consultant and full time author for Pluralsight. Joe has always had a strong interest in education, and has worked both full and part time as a technical teacher for over ten years. He is a frequent blogger and speaker, organizer of ng-conf, the AngularJS conference (www.ng-conf.org), and a paneli... more