What is NPM, and why do we need it? | Tutorial for beginners

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Published At: 2021-06-21T00:00:00
Length: 14:27

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What is npm? This 15 minute beginners tutorial to npm (Node Package Manager) will walk you through how to install npm on your computer, and how to install and update packages for your projects.

0:00 - Intro

0:14 - Why do we need npm?

0:52 - What is npm?

2:14 - How to install npm

2:44 - Which npm packages do you need?

3:25 - Installing global and local packages

4:46 - What does the package.json file do?

5:59 - Dealing with npm package dependencies

7:55 - How semantic versioning works in npm

12:41 - What does the package-lock.json file do?

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