LinLiuLY / react-npm-package

This is a exercise to get you familiar with npm.

Prerequisite

• node

Exercises

• create a npm package

mkdir yourpackage
cd yourpackage
npm init

• install a thirdparty npm pacakge

npm i first-n

• uninstall the installed npm package

npm un fist-n

• install a thirdparty npm package as a dev dependency

npm i validate-vat -D

• install a thirdparty npm package as a dependency

npm i diff-json -S

• install a global package

npm i grunt -g

• add some code to your package

echo "module.exports = 'Hello World'" > index.js

• use your package inside another project without publishing it

cd ..
# Create a new folder
mkdir test-yourpackage
cd test-yourpackage

# 
npm link ../yourpackage

echo "console.log(require('yourpackage'));" > index.js

node index.js

• change content in the index.js inside yourpackage and run node index.js inside test-yourpackage. You should see that the output is changed.

• unlink yourpackage inside test-yourpackage

npm unlink `yourpackage`

and run ls node_modules to see if the linked package is gone

• lock the version of your dependencies

npm shrinkwrap

and check the content of npm-shrinkwrap.json

• create a new major version

npm version major

• add a npm user

npm adduser

• publish your package

# run inside yourpackage
npm publish .

• use you published pacakge inside another project

# run this inside test-yourpackage
npm i yourpackage

• unpublish your package

npm unpublish .

and check it with npm view yourpackage

The synopsis above loads the completions into your current shell. Adding it to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc will make the completions available everywhere:

npm completion >> ~/.bashrc
npm completion >> ~/.zshrc