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Tips and Tricks for Node.js

NPM​

⚠️ npm install​

Unlike with PHP composer install, the command npm install takes package.json and resolves the dependencies again. This means that you might introduce a different version from the one you tested on.

For deploys, CI or initial local environment setup, the recommended way to install the dependencies of a project is using npm ci. Unlike install, ci honors the package-lock.json file.

Add a new package​

To add a new package don't update package.json and then do npm install (see above). Instead just run npm install --save/--save-dev package@version (more on versions), this will download the package and update both package.json & package-lock.json.

Update a package​

In a similar way, to update a package just run npm install --save/--save-dev package@version.