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NPM - Node package manager - Quickstart & Advanced
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NPM - Node package manager - Quickstart & Advanced

Quickly start using npm and create npm packages by yourself. Master more than the basics of npm!
Last updated 5/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to use the basic functions of npm
  • Npm commands: npm install, npm run
  • Dependency management with npm
  • Semantic versioning
  • Npm workspaces
  • Create npm packages
  • Use npm with TypeScript
  • Npm security: audit, post install scripts, security events
  • Execute node modules with npx
  • Npm alternatives like Yarn and Pnpm
  • Git and Npm
  • Safely unlock the power of the NodeJs ecosystem

Course content

8 sections43 lectures3h 6m total length
  • Introduction2:16

    Discover how this npm course is structured, from setup and essential commands to advanced topics, publishing an npm package, and npm with TypeScript, with flexible, non-linear learning paths.

  • Udemy tips2:08
  • Npm presentation2:28

    Npm is a package manager for JavaScript libraries that fetches packages from an npm registry and helps organize dependencies, scripts, log files, updates, creating and publishing your packages.

  • Npm installation3:37
  • Course resources0:15

Requirements

  • Basic JavaScript and Node
  • Basic programming skills like using a terminal

Description

Dependency management is hard and complicated. Npm is very powerful tool that handles it elegantly.

Hi and welcome to the only course you need to quickly start using Npm and then dive deeper into it' more advanced features.

This course is structured following the 80/20 rule:

  • In the first you will learn the npm commands and features you will use 80% of the time.

  • In the following sections, you will master npm at it' full power with advanced features.

Npm features covered in this course:

  • Understand the types of dependencies: local, global, and peer dependencies

  • Use the npm install command

  • Difference between dependencies and devDependencies

  • Npm Semantic Versioning or semver

  • Prepare your project to be run inside the browser with EsBuild

  • Understand the difference between CommonJs and EsModules

  • Understand how registries work by initializing your own private registry and publish packages to it

  • Create and use packages in a secure way with advanced security topics

  • C++ addons

  • Npm Workspaces

  • Use npm with Typescript

  • Use npm with Git

  • Understand Dependency Management and how Npm does it.

By the end of the course you will be able to use Npm and handle packages like a professional, by learning the most common commands and also by using the more advanced features that take years to discover.


Why this course stands out from other Udemy courses:

  • Fast paced, concise, most typing cut out - focus on explanations - respect for your time

  • Practical knowledge - presentations are kept to a minimum, we focus on what is really important

  • Programming active instructor - a great instructor never looses touch with the industry

  • Logical and flexible structure - take the course at your own pace

  • Big font, dark background, fullHD content, this way it is readable even on a small screen or even tablet.

  • Lifetime access

  • Certificate of completion to present to your current or prospective employer

  • Q&A active instructor

Instructor:

My name is Alex Horea, I'm an active senior web and Cloud developer and I want to pass you the knowledge I wish I had when I was a beginner. I strongly believe that practice is the best way to learn, and in this course you will learn the basics and most used Npm commands and then dive deeper into advanced features.


Go beyond the theory and learn from an active instructor, aligned with today's programming demands!

Who this course is for:

  • Software developers eager to start using NPM at it's full power