00 - Introduction to the Challenges - Managing Packages with npm - freeCodeCamp Tutorial

This is a quick introduction to the Managing Packes with NPM course on freeCodeCamp. We look at the structure of a node project, mainly the package.json file and node_modules folder and how to submit the challenges using Glitch.

Link to Challenge : https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/apis-and-microservices/managing-packages-with-npm/ Written Guide : https://www.notion.so/ganeshh123/Introduction-to-the-Managing-Packages-with-npm-Challenges-8f6bed241f9a42339483a1fd29174c05

Full Playlist for this course : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhGp6N0DI_1RO7qDtCW9Cn9FyRJ1Dk6xk All Writen Guides for this course : https://www.notion.so/ganeshh123/4d5e59dbe72940aeb68fe6f38ebf28e1 All My Tutorials can be found at : https://www.notion.so/Tutorials-Ganesh-H-293ea420d34a464f9a1907e0405b5f26

Concepts: npm npm is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language. It is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js. It consists of a command line client, also called npm, and an online database of public and paid-for private packages, called the npm registry. https://www.npmjs.com/

package.json All npm packages contain a file, usually in the project root, called package.json - this file holds various metadata relevant to the project. This file is used to give information to npm that allows it to identify the project as well as handle the project's dependencies. It can also contain other metadata such as a project description, the version of the project in a particular distribution, license information, even configuration data - all of which can be vital to both npm and to the end users of the package. The package.json file is normally located at the root directory of a Node.js project. https://nodejs.org/en/knowledge/getting-started/npm/what-is-the-file-package-json/

node_modules Packages are dropped into the node_modules folder under the prefix. When installing locally, this means that you can require("packagename") to load its main module, or require("packagename/lib/path/to/sub/module") to load other modules. https://docs.npmjs.com/configuring-npm/folders.html#node-modules -————————————————————————————————————- The Node Package Manager (npm) is a command-line tool used by developers to share and control modules (or packages) of JavaScript code written for use with Node.js.

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