NPM_CheatSheet.md

NPM / Node Package Manager

    # Initialize a node.js project
            npm init
                    # Options 
                            -y = Skip all questions and use default values

    # Install all packages defined in package.json
            npm install 

    # Install a particular package for the given project
            npm install package_name

    # Install a particular package for all projects, in other words install package with global scope
            npm install package_name -g

    # Install a package as a development dependency
            npm install package_name --save-dev

    # To Lists the installed versions of all dependencies in this software
            npm list
            
    # To Update production packages
            npm update

    # Remove a package from the project
            npm uninstall package_name

    % To Lists the latest versions of all dependencies in this software
            npm view
            
    # Remove packages globally
            npm uninstall -g package-name        

    # Show global packages    
            npm list -g

    # List all npm configuration flags
            npm config ls -l

    # Update the global npm version.
            npm update npm -g

    # Locally edit a dependency
            npm edit <module_name>

    # Test & Show the full dependency tree 
            npm install --dry-run
            
    # To show the NPM Version Command
            npm version

    # To manage the ownership of the published package
            npm owner
    
    # NPM Build Command: It is used to build a package
            npm build

    # Manage package owners  
            npm owner

    # Start a script defined in package.json file eg. npm run client, npm run server
            npm run <script name>

    # Set access level on published packages 
            npm access

    # Add a registry user account
            npm adduser

    # Run a security audit
            npm audit

    # Display npm bin folder
            npm bin

    # Bugs for a package in a web browser
            npm bugs

    # Manipulates packages cache
            npm cache

    # Install a project with a clean slate
            npm ci

    # Tab completion for npm
            npm completion

    # Reduce duplication
            npm dedupe

    # Deprecate a version of a package
            npm deprecate

    # The registry diff command
            npm diff

    # Docs for a package in a web browser maybe
            npm docs

    # Modify package distribution tags
            npm dist-tag

    # Check your environments
            npm doctor

    # Run a command from an npm package
            npm exec

    # Explain installed packages
            npm explain

    # Browse an installed package
            npm explore

    # Find duplication in the package tree
            npm find-dupes

    # Retrieve funding information
            npm fund

    # Search npm help documentation
            npm help

    # Get help on npm via search
            npm help-search

    # Manage registry hooks
            npm hook

    # Create a package.json file
            npm init

    # Symlink a package folder
            npm link

    # Log out of the registry
            npm logout

    # Manage orgs
            npm org

    # Check for outdated packages
            npm outdated

    # Manage package owners
            npm owner

    # Ping npm registry
            npm ping

    # Manage your package.json
            npm pkg

    # Change settings on your registry profile
            npm profile

    # Remove extraneous packages
            npm prune

    # Publish a package
            npm publish

    # Retrieve a filtered list of packages
            npm query

    # Rebuild a package
            npm rebuild

    # Open package repository page in the browser
            npm repo

    # Restart a package
            npm restart

    # Display npm root folder
            npm root

    # Run arbitrary package scripts
            npm run-script

    # Lock down dependency versions for publication
            npm shrinkwrap

    # Mark your favorite packages
            npm star

    # View packages marked as favorites
            npm stars

    # Start a package
            npm start

    # Stop a package
            npm stop

    # Manage organization teams and team memberships
            npm team

    # Test a package
            npm test

    # Manage your authentication tokens
            npm token

    # Remove a package from the registry
            npm unpublish

    # Remove an item from your favorite packages
            npm unstar

    # Update a package
            npm update

    # View registry info
            npm view

    # Display npm username
            npm whoami

    # Run a command from an npm package
            npx
            
    # Show npm version
            npm --version

    #Install a project with a clean slate and run tests
            npm install-ci-test
  
    # Display prefix
            npm prefix

    # Check for outdated packages
            npm outdated     

    # Scan and list all the vulnerabilities in the project
            npm audit

    # Run this project's tests  
            npm test
            
    # Run the script named <foo>
            npm run <foo>
            
    # Search for help on <term> (in a browser)  
            npm help <term>
            
    # Create or verify a user named <username>
            npm login
                     # Options 
                             --scope = Associate an operation with a scope for a scoped registry
                             --registry = The base URL of the npm registry
            
    # Log out of the registry
            npm logout
                      # Options 
                             --scope = Associate an operation with a scope for a scoped registry
                             --registry = The base URL of the npm registry  
                            
    # Publishes a package to the registry so that it can be installed by name.
            npm publish <package-spec>
            
    # This removes a package version from the registry, deleting its entry and removing the tarball.    
            npm unpublish [<package-spec>]
            
    # Print the folder where npm will install executables.
            npm bin
            
    # This command will print to stdout all the versions of packages that are installed      
            npm ls <package-spec>
            
    # Search the registry for packages matching the search terms
            npm search [search terms ...]
            
    # Print the effective node_modules folder to standard out
            npm root
            
    # Display the npm username of the currently logged-in user
            npm whoami
            
    # This runs a predefined command specified in the "stop" property of a package's "scripts" object.
            npm stop