NPM Mastery: Learn how to work with NPM like a Professional

Name: NPM Mastery: Learn how to work with NPM like a Professional
Rating: 4.3 (19 reviews)

Learn about NPM, NPX, node modules, lockfiles, scripts and more!

Created byMehul Mohan

Last updated 6/2020

English

What you'll learn

Learning to use npm in everyday projects
Understanding the basics of how npm works
Some under-the-hood npm things
All about latest npm 6.x and above things
Managing packages, node_modules, package-lock and more
Understanding npx and how it works

Course content

6 sections • 27 lectures • 1h 41m total length

Introduction to series1:15
Explore what npm is, a Node package manager, and how to use it efficiently for front end development, including alternatives, global modules, and CLI tooling in this introductory series.
What is NPM? How is it related to Node?5:28
Discover what NPM is: a standard node package manager backed by Microsoft via GitHub, hosting open-source packages and providing a CLI to fetch, install, and manage them.
NPM vs Yarn4:32
Compare npm and yarn, two open-source package managers; yarn, created by Facebook, speeds up development with caching, while npm, owned by Microsoft, shines on production, with both now largely similar.
Installing NPM and Node on your system4:37
Discover how to download and install node and npm on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with guidance on linking node and verifying npm availability.

What is an NPM module?4:35
How does NPM install module?4:50
Discover how npm installs a module by fetching the tarball from the registry, extracting it to node_modules, and verifying integrity with sha512, ensuring tamper protection.
package.json file3:30
Discover how npm relies on package.json to track dependencies and manage installs, removals, and updates, including transitive dependencies and why the file is essential for project maintenance.
Exploring package.json2:17
Learn how to initialize a package.json quickly with npm init, accepting default values by pressing enter. See how npm install updates dependencies and creates a log file.
Installing module1:42
Removing module1:15
Learn to remove local npm packages using npm remove or uninstall, and see the package.json reflect the removal. The video notes npm won’t error when uninstalling a non-existent package.
Local v/s global modules5:32

Intro to NPM dependencies0:22
Explore how npm dependencies work, including types of dependencies and semantic versioning, to master managing packages with npm.
Semantic Versioning5:17
All about package-lock.json9:28
Explore why NPM uses a package-lock.json to lock dependencies and their exact versions and integrity hashes. See how this prevents production surprises when environments differ and semantic versioning evolves.
Semantic versioning in package.json3:57
Discover how semantic versioning in package.json guides npm installs, using the caret and delta symbols to control upgrades and keep major and minor versions fixed while patch updates occur.
dependencies2:20
Explore dependencies in package.json, organized as key-value pairs of package name and version. See how npm install brings these dependencies into any environment, and understand dev dependencies next.
devDependencies4:25
Discover how npm differentiates dependencies from dev dependencies and when to use npm install --save-dev. In production mode, dev dependencies are excluded to keep runtime bundles lean.
peerDependencies5:05
Master peer dependencies and semantic versioning, and learn how npm warns when the host lacks react for react-dom. Rely on the host to avoid version conflicts and duplicates.

NPM scripts intro0:14
Explore npm scripts, learn what they are and how to use them, and get started creating your own custom npm scripts.
What are NPM scripts?6:43
Explore how npm scripts live in package.json as a key-value scripts object. Learn how built-in keywords like start and publish trigger actions, and how npm run calls custom scripts.
All about NPX6:50
Discover how npx lets you run local binaries and global binaries without installing them, and how npm scripts via package.json access tools like create react app.

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Description

NPM is a great tool used all around the web development ecosystem. Whether it's frontend or backend, Node or React, Angular, or TypeScript, you're gonna make use of NPM all along. It is a great idea to add this useful tool to your bucket of mastery as it will save you a ton of time while working/building/running your apps.

We would be going over the core basics of NPM and how it works:

1. What is NPM and how it works

2. Understanding under the hood things with NPM

3. Working with NPX

4. Package and package-lock files, why they're needed

5. Useful NPM commands

6. Local, global node modules

7. Caching, moving global modules directories, and more

If you want to be a good web developer in 2020, this tool is a must to know in-depth! This course is regularly updated and maintained to always keep you on the edge! Best practices and latest toolkit included.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to strengthen their NPM skills
Anyone who wants to become frontend/backend/fullstack and wants to add NPM to their toolkit

NPM Mastery: Learn how to work with NPM like a Professional

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Course content

Introduction4 lectures • 16min

NPM Versioning2 lectures • 11min

NPM Modules7 lectures • 24min

NPM Dependencies7 lectures • 31min

NPM Scripts3 lectures • 14min

Misc intro4 lectures • 7min

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