Useful NPM commands.md

NPM Shorthand and Useful Commands

• Installing a package
  • npm i pkg npm install pkg
• Installing a package globally
  • npm i -g pkg npm install --global pkg
• Installing a package and save it as a dependency
  • npm i -S pkg npm i --save pkg
• Installing a package and save it as a dependency
  • npm i -D pkg npm i --save-dev pkg
• Initializing a new package
  • npm init --yes
  • npm init -y
  • npm init -f
• Running tests
  • npm test npm t
• List Available Scripts
  • npm run list of all available scripts
• (Optional) Install ntl
  • npm i -g ntl ntl [allows to run the scripts]
• List installed packages (all dependencies)
  • npm ls --depth 0
• List all globally installed packages
  • npm ls -g --depth 0
• Ensure clean install of dependencies
  • npm ci or npm clean-install
  • Copied from This FreeCodeCamp Medium article
• Opening a package’s homepage
  • npm home $package
  • e.g. npm home lodash
• Opening a package's repository
  • npm repo $package
  • e.g. npm repo lodash
• Check packages that are not declared in package.json
  • npm prune
• Bump a package version (minor, major, patch)
  • npm version $patch/$minor/$major v $version
  • patch example: npm version patch v 1.0.1
  • minor example: npm version minor v 1.1.1
  • major example: npm version major v 2.0.0
• Install a package without affecting package.json file
  • npm i package --no-save
• Generate table of installed and latest versions of packages
  • npm outdated