Introduction to

Created/Presented by: Ashwin Hegde

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Agenda

What is npm ?
Examples of npm.
What is package.json ?
Global & Local Installation/Un-installation.
Case studies - Underscore & HTTP-Server.

What is npm?

Package Manager for JavaScript.
0.6.3 => bundled and installed automatically.
JavaScript/Coffee-Script and developed by Isaac Z. Schuleter.
no load, just installs them.

Examples

Frameworks: Express.js, Loopback, Hapi etc.
Task runners: Grunt, Gulp etc.
Generators: Yeoman etc.
CLI: commander etc.
Databases: Sequalize-ORM, mysql etc.
Search npm at www.npmjs.org

My reaction

When I was new to Node.js & npm

When npm fail to get install

My reaction after publishing my first npm

What is package.json?

Create a new module.
Can be published to npm.
Holds meta information for module.
"name" and "version" are 2 require fields.
Also "main" => default index.js

npm init

Similar environment

1. Bower - JavaScript front end .

2. PEAR, Composer - PHP

3. CPAN - Perl

4. Maven (package manager + build tool) - Java

5. RubyGems - Ruby

6. NuGet - .Net

7. Go Get - Go

8. Anaconda - Python

Case studies

Underscore.
Http-server.

Thank You

Any Questions?

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Introduction to npm

By Ashwin Hegde

Introduction to npm

Quick introduction to npm package manager and its basics

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Ashwin Hegde

A software craftsman with a positive practicing approach towards software craftsmanship.