NPM Commands Every Developer Should Know.

📌 npm init

Initializes the package.json file of a project.

Use the -y flag to skip the questions and to create a package.json using default values.

📌 npm install

Installs the dependencies listed in package.json.

Shorthand: npm i

📌 npm install <package>

Installs a package from the npm registry.

Shorthand: npm i <package>

📌 npm install -g <package>

Installs a package globally on your machine.

📌 npm uninstall <package>

Like the command itself suggests, it uninstalls packages that are already installed.

Shorthand: npm un <package>

📌 npm uninstall -g <package>

Uninstalls a global package from your machine.

📌 npm update <package>

Updates the specified package to the latest version available. If 'package' is not specified, it updates every package.

Shorthand: npm up <package>

📌 npm update -g <package>

Updates a global package to the latest version available.

📌 npm list

Lists all the installed packages and their versions, along with their dependencies in a tree structure.

📌 npm view <package> <version>

Shows available details about the specified package. If the version is not set, it defaults to the latest version.

📌 npm run <script>

Executes the specified 'script', if found as a property of the 'script' object in package.json.

📌 npm help <term>

Tries to show the appropriate documentation page for the term provided.


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