Node Package Manager
"APT" for Ubuntu
"Composer" for PHP
"RubyGem" for Ruby
"NuGet" for C#
also Sublime, WebStorm, Atom & etc...
Use it!
npm install
npm uninstall
npm update
npm init
How npm works
package.json
{
"name": "my_package",
"version": "1.0.0",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"keywords": [],
"author": "Egor",
"license": "ISC",
"repository": {
"type": "git",
"url": "https://github.com/egor/my_package.git"
},
"bugs": {
"url": "https://github.com/egor/my_package/issues"
},
"homepage": "https://github.com/egor/my_package"
}{
"name": "my_package",
"version": "1.0.0",
"dependencies": {
"my_dep": "^1.0.0"
},
"dependencies" : {
"framework": "^3.1.0"
},
"devDependencies" : {
"my_test_framework": "^3.1.0"
}
}Gulp, Grunt && NPM
Gulp
$ npm install --global gulp-cli
$ npm install --save gulp
$ npm install --save gulp-less
//into gulpfile.js
var gulp = require('gulp');
var less = require('gulp-less');
var path = require('path');
gulp.task('less', function () {
return gulp.src('./less/index.less')
.pipe(less({
// do smth
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./public/css'));
});$ gulp less
{
"name": "test-gulp-project",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"devDependencies": {
"gulp": "^3.9.0",
"gulp-less": "^3.0.5"
}
}NPM
$ npm install less --save
{
"name": "test-gulp-project",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"less": "lessc ./less/index.less ./public/css/index.css",
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"less": "^2.6.0"
}
}$ npm run less
npm
By Egor Miasnikov
