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My npm setup, and useful global packages
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(See also commands for Node.js development and debugging)

Useful commands

  • See all installed global packages:
    npm ls -g --depth=0
  • Update npm itself to latest version:
    npm i npm -g

Handy global packages

npm i -g light-server updtr fx npm-check npm-check-updates npm-scripts-tree
  • light-server (simple web server with live reload).
    Use it with a script such as:
    "watch": "light-server -s . -w '* # # reload'"
  • updtr (update all deps, conditional on checks passing).
    Usage:
    updtr --to latest -s caret -t 'npm t && whaveter && stuff'
  • Either npm-check-updates or npm-check (check for unused/old deps, and optionally update them too).
  • npm-merge-driver (Git merge driver to automatically solve conflicts in package-lock.json files) (built-in now)
  • fx
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