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Node Package Manager

install npm (along with entire node.js):

install a package globally:

[sudo] npm install -g <package>

or locally:

npm install <package>
npm install <package> --save
npm install <package> --save-dev

initialize package (create package.json manifest file):

fetch node modules for existing project:

cd my-node-package
npm install

save package in registry:

Bower

install bower tool:

[sudo] npm install -g bower

install bower packages:

bower install <package>
bower install <package> --save
bower install <package> --save-dev

initialize package (create bower.json manifest file):

bower init

register bower package:

bower register <package-name>
    <git-endpoint>

list packages and check for updates:

install all packages from bower.json:

bower install

dependency conflicts resolved:

Unable to find a suitable version for ember, please choose one:
    1) ember#~1.0.0 which resolved to 1.0.1 and is required by ember-data#0.0.14
    2) ember#1.5.1 which resolved to 1.5.1 and is required by melodrama

"resolutions": {
  "ember": "1.5.1"
}

Grunt

install grunt tool:

[sudo] npm install -g grunt-cli
npm install grunt --save-dev

edit Gruntfile.js (manifest file) manually or using grunt-init:

[sudo] npm install -g grunt-init
# put content into ~/.grunt-init
grunt-init gruntfile

static code analysis:

npm install grunt-contrib-jshint
    --save-dev

minify files (for release):

npm install grunt-contrib-uglify
    --save-dev

background automatic tasks:

npm install grunt-contrib-watch
    --save-dev

Yeoman

install yeoman tool:

[sudo] npm install -g yo

install specific generator:

[sudo] npm install
  -g generator-backbone

run the generator:

mkdir my-yo-project
cd my-yo-project
yo backbone

example generator docs

build entire application:

grunt build

run application in source-mode:

grunt serve

run application in built-mode:

grunt serve:dist