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Process Get/Set Variables List the Variables text/html 2023-11-04T01:51:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://skysigal.com/it/ad/npm/howto/create_a_package.json_file?rev=1699062693&do=diff IT:AD:NPM:HowTo:Create a package.json File * (UP) * See also: * IT:AD:npm:HowTo:Define Needed Global Packages In Package.json File * Setup NPM manages the packages needed in your project using a package.json file. Process After using a IT:AD:CLI to navigate to your project's directory, you can create one by hand: text/html 2023-11-04T23:00:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://skysigal.com/it/ad/npm/howto/deal_with_long_filenames?rev=1699138832&do=diff IT:AD:npm:HowTo:Deal With Long Filenames * (UP) * See also: * IT:AD:npm:HowTo:Uninstall A Package Npm packages download dependency packages, which in turn download dependency packages...and sooner or later you end up with deeply nested directories. And then you try to delete them... text/html 2023-11-04T01:51:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://skysigal.com/it/ad/npm/howto/define_needed_global_packages_in_package.json_file?rev=1699062693&do=diff IT:AD:npm:HowTo:Define Needed Global Packages In Package.json File * (UP) * See also: * IT:AD:npm:HowTo:When To Install Packages Globally (Rarely!) One important aspect of using IT:AD:NPM and its package.json file, is that the package.json is used to list local dependencies for running the application. What about text/html 2023-11-04T23:00:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://skysigal.com/it/ad/npm/howto/define_the_local_root_folder?rev=1699138833&do=diff IT:AD:npm:HowTo:Define the Local Root Folder * (UP) Packages can be installed locally or globally. If you want: * to use it as a command line tool, then you want to install it globally. * eg: grunt CLI, tidyhtml * to depend on the package from your own module using something like Node's require, then you want to install locally. text/html 2023-11-04T01:51:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://skysigal.com/it/ad/npm/howto/home?rev=1699062694&do=diff IT:AD:NPM:HowTo * (UP) howto index First instincts should be to cd to the directory where your code is and * IT:AD:NPM:HowTo:Create a package.json File That will define where the Root Folder is: * IT:AD:npm:HowTo:Define the Local Root Folder Then install packages globally or locally as needed: * IT:AD:npm:HowTo:Install Packages, avoiding using the -G flag as much as feasible: text/html 2023-11-04T23:00:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://skysigal.com/it/ad/npm/howto/install_packages?rev=1699138833&do=diff IT:AD:npm:HowTo:Install Packages * (UP) Notes Common Global Packages * Grunt-CLI npm install grunt-cli -g It's really helpful to notice that grunt-cli is not the task runner. Grunt CLI's job is simple: run the version of Grunt installed next to a Gruntfile -- text/html 2023-11-04T23:00:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://skysigal.com/it/ad/npm/howto/list_installed_packages?rev=1699138834&do=diff IT:AD:npm:HowTo:List Packages * (UP) Once you downloaded packages, locally or globally, you'll want to know what you have available. Process npm list #or just top level npm list -depth 0 npm list -g #or just top level npm list -g -depth 0 Note: you can double check where the packages are being unpacked to using the text/html 2023-11-04T01:51:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://skysigal.com/it/ad/npm/howto/publish_a_package?rev=1699062695&do=diff IT:AD:npm:HowTo:Publish A Package * (UP) howto index When you are ready to publish a package... Process Create a user account: npm adduser Provide a username, password, and email address, and an npm registry account will be created. 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'3.9.1' ], maintainers: [ 'fractal <contact@wearefractal.com>', 'phated <blaine@iceddev.com>' ], time: { modified: '2016-04-08T19:17:57.830Z', created: '2013-07-04… text/html 2023-11-04T01:51:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://skysigal.com/it/ad/npm/howto/when_to_install_packages_globally_rarely?rev=1699062696&do=diff IT:AD:npm:HowTo:When To Install Packages Globally (Rarely!) * (UP) * See also: * IT:AD:NPM:HowTo:Understand how Global Packages are Invokable from the CLI Prompt A lot of packages demonstrate installing globally: npm install xyz -G Please stop and consider what you are doing before you install Globally. Why You Shouldn't Use Global