The Node Package Manager is a command line javascript package manager. It is powerful if you use build tools like gulp or if you develop server side with javascript.
The setup is simple:
place a package.json in your project folder
{ "name": "project-name", "version": "0.1.0", "description": "project-name is a project which gets things done!", "repository": { "type": "git", "url": "git://url.com/username/repo.git" }, "keywords": [ "project keywords", "another keyword" ], "author": "Florian Moser <me@myurl.ch>", "license": "MIT", "bugs": { "url": "https://url.com/username/repo/issues" }, "homepage": "https://url.com/username/repo", "devDependencies": { "gulp": "^3.9.1" } }
Let npm do its magic
npm install
This will download / actualize all dependencies specified in the devDependencies
or dependencies
node.
Some other useful commands
npm install <package_name>
Install the package into the current directory. Append the flag --save
or --save-dev
to put the package into your dependencies.
You can download the tool from here.
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