NPM

Node Package Manager

→ npmjs.com

Installation

→ nodejs.org

CLI

Basic commands

# checks Node.js version
node -v

# checks NPM version
npm -v

# clears the cache (in case of issues)
npm cache clean --force

# updates npm
npm install -g npm
npm update -g

# displays dependencies on one package (natives in this example)
npm ls natives

# displays peer dependencies
npm view tsickle@0.34.3 peerDependencies

Registries

# lists registries
npm config list registry

# resets to the default registry
npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/

Recipes

Update packages

• Install and use npm-check-updates

# installs the tool globally
npm install -g npm-check-updates

# runs the tool against a project (in the project root directory)
ncu -u

# installs the packages from the newly updated package.json file
npm install

Working with MyGet

• Read the documentation about MyGet NPM support

• Add another registry on MyGet: npm config set @mycompany:registry https://www.myget.org/F/mycompany/npm/

  • npm install @mycopmpany/mypackage@1.0.1

• Or add directly the zip url:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "mypackage": "https://www.myget.org/F/mycompany/npm/mypackage/-/mypackage-1.0.0.tgz"
  }
}