npm Basics Course (How To)

npm is a command line tool to help you manage Node.js modules, and this course will get you up and running with npm.

Introduction to npm

In this section, we'll cover what npm is and why you'd want to use it as well as techniques for finding the best software to install using npm.

Chevron 4 steps

• What is NPM

  3:37

• Finding Packages

  2:21

• Semantic Versioning

  4:42

• npm and Packages Review

  5 questions

Managing Packages with NPM

We'll take a look at the several different ways you can install packages with npm. These packages include preexisting open source code that can be imported in to your own projects and command line applications.

Chevron 8 steps

• Installing Packages

  5:58

• Installing Local Packages

  1 objective

• Managing Dependencies

  5:08

• instruction

  Ignore Files and Directories with gitignore

• Installing Global Packages

  1 objective

• Updating, Uninstalling and Executing Packages

  5:45

• Review

  4 questions

• Handling package.json with npm

  1 objective