This has recently been discussed on the Node.js mailing list. According to Isaac Schlueter who created npm: … the “//” key will never be used by npm for any purpose, and is reserved for comments … If you want to use a multiple line comment, you can use either an array, or multiple “//” keys. … Read more
You can use npm shrinkwrap functionality, in order to override any dependency or sub-dependency. I’ve just done this in a grunt project of ours. We needed a newer version of connect, since 2.7.3. was causing trouble for us. So I created a file named npm-shrinkwrap.json: { “dependencies”: { “grunt-contrib-connect”: { “version”: “0.3.0”, “from”: “grunt-contrib-connect@0.3.0”, “dependencies”: … Read more
Node 13+ Since Node 13, you can use either the .mjs extension, or set {“type”: “module”} in your package.json. You don’t need to use the –experimental-modules flag. Modules is now marked as stable in node.js Node 12 Since Node 12, you can use either the .mjs extension, or set “type”: “module” in your package.json. And … Read more
The easiest way that I can see is delete node_modules folder and execute npm install.
This is not related to an HTTP proxy. You have dependency conflict (incorrect and potentially broken dependency) as it says, so try to run the command with –force, or –legacy-peer-deps. If it doesn’t take effect, the temporary solution is using prior versions of the Node.js (downgrading the Node.js version) as it causes this kind of … Read more
TL;DR: sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy First of all let me clarify the situation a bit. In summer 2012 Debian maintainers decided to rename Node.js executable to prevent some kind of namespace collision with another package. It was very hard decision for Debian Technical Committee, because it breaks backward compatibility. The following is a quote from … Read more
Set the environment variable in the script command: … “scripts”: { “start”: “node app.js”, “test”: “NODE_ENV=test mocha –reporter spec” }, … Then use process.env.NODE_ENV in your app. Note: This is for Mac & Linux only. For Windows refer to the comments.
From the official documentation for npm ci: In short, the main differences between using npm install and npm ci are: The project must have an existing package-lock.json or npm-shrinkwrap.json. If dependencies in the package lock do not match those in package.json, npm ci will exit with an error, instead of updating the package lock. npm … Read more
This is a new feature of NPM called ‘scoped packages’, which effectively allow NPM packages to be namespaced. Every user and organization on NPM has their own scope, and they are the only people who can add packages to it. This is useful for several reasons: It allows organizations to make it clear which packages … Read more
You can set the engines field in your package.json and set requirements for either node or npm versions or both: “engines” : { “npm” : “>=7.0.0”, “node” : “>=16.0.0” } To enforce this via npm you need to create an .npmrc file (and commit it to the repository) and set the engines-strict option to true, … Read more