npm install: Is there a way to ignore a particular dependency in package.json

That can be done using devDependencies The npm modules which you require only to develop, e.g.: unit tests, Coffeescript to Javascript transpilation, minification etc,make the required module a devDependency. To skip Installation of devDepenencies pass –production flag to npm install,with the –production flag(or NODE_ENV environment variable set to production) npm will not install modules listed … Read more

What’s the difference between .npmignore and .gitignore?

.gitignore lists which files & folders should be omitted from any commits to the repository. You can use this repo for templates of files/folders to in your .gitignore depending on your environment. .npmignore works similarly to .gitignore, it is used to specify which files should be omitted when publishing the package to NPM. You can … Read more

How to find what node version a project supports

As mentioned in other answers, some packages have an engines field in the package.json. npm will warn users if they try to install a package on a Node.js version not supported by the package. The engines field looks like this: { “engines”: { “node”: “>=4.0.0” } } More info: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v9/configuring-npm/package-json#engines Also, many packages have a … Read more

What are npm, bower, gulp, Yeoman, and grunt good for?

You are close! Welcome to JavaScript 🙂 Let me give you a short description and one feature that most developers spend some time with. bower Focuses on packages that are used in the browser. Each bower install <packagename> points to exactly one file to be included for (more can be downloaded). Due to the success … Read more