Start new npm projects easily (courtesy https://philna.sh/blog/2019/01/10/how-to-start-a-node-js-project/)

start_new_node_project_easily.bash

# first install npx (https://github.com/zkat/npx)

npm install -g npx

# set your npm defaults if you havent already

npm set init.author.name "Your name"
npm set init.author.email "your@email.com"
npm set init.author.url "https://your-url.com"
npm set init.license "MIT"
npm set init.version "1.0.0"

# open bash profile to add following function

nano ~/.bash_profile

# copy into file

function node-project {
  git init
  npx license $(npm get init.license) -o "$(npm get init.author.name)" > LICENSE
  npx gitignore node
  npx covgen "$(npm get init.author.email)"
  npm init -y
  git add -A
  git commit -m "Initial commit"
}

source ~/.bash_profile

# now, whenever you want to run a new node project, just execute:

node-project