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Node.js - npm Cheat Sheet

Node.js - npm Cheat Sheet

(Full description and list of commands at - https://npmjs.org/doc/index.html)

##List of less common (however useful) NPM commands

######Prepand ./bin to your $PATH Make sure to export your local $PATH and prepand relative ./node_modules/.bin/:

export PATH="$PATH:./node_modules/.bin"

This will allow executing npm binaries installed into the .bin local and isolated current ./node_modules

######Install a package and also update package.json with the installed version and package name.

npm install <module-name> --save

######Install a package and also update package.json with the installed version and package name, but into the devDependencies section.

npm install <module-name> --save-dev

######Set --save as a default for npm install .

npm config set save true

######Generate package.json in a module directory, based on npm parmaters.

npm init

######List all npm configuration flags.

npm config ls -l

######Install a version not from a git repository and not from the npm directory, for example:

npm install git://github.com/substack/node-browserify.git

######Update the global npm version.

npm update npm -g

######Display the readme.md / documentation / npmjs.orf page of a give library.

npm docs <module-name>

######Run package test suite, based on setup in package.json in:

"scripts" : {"test" : "node testfile.js"}

npm test

######Uninstall package (A nice thing about npm is you can always just rm -rf ./node_modules/<module_name>).

npm uninstall <module_name>

######Locally edit a dependency.

npm edit <module_name>

######Setup editor for npm edit :

npm config set editor "sublime"

######Publish a package not under the default "latest" tag:

npm publish --tag beta

######Test & Show the full dependency tree

npm install --dry-run

######List outdated libraries compared to currently installe node_modules:

npm outdated

######Lock down dependency versions:

npm shrinkwrap

######Install a git specific release

npm install git://github.com/Marak/colors.js#v0.6.0

######Easter Eggs

npm xmas
npm visnup
npm substack
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