Npm Commands Cheat Sheet

Getting Started

To begin working with Cheat Sheet source files: Run npm install to install the depencies listed in package.json; Run grunt to build the entire project; Run grunt assemble to build the templates; Run grunt less to compile LESS files to CSS; Run grunt watch to watch source files for changes and re-build continuously. Not part of the npm cli, but I find npm-check a lot easier than npm outdated. Instead of only listing the outdated depenencies, it can print out commands to copy-paste to update each outdated dependency, or use the interactive mode where you just mark the dependencies to update. The Gatsby cheat sheet has docs for top CLI commands & APIs all ready to print out. How to use gatsby-cli. The Gatsby CLI is available via npm and is installed globally by running npm install -g gatsby-cli. You can also use the package.json script variant of these commands, typically exposed for you with most starters.

List everything you have installed in the current directory
Search the registry for packages matching terms
Install a package This command installs a package, or packages, and any packages thatit depends on in the current directory. If the package has a shrinkwrapfile, the installation of dependencies will be driven by that. If no `package.json` exists, these options are ignored. If it exists, they'llupdate them if they are already there. `--save`: Package will appear in your depedencies. `--save-dev`: Package will appear in your devDependencies. `--save-optional`: Package will appear in your optionalDependencies. `--global`: Package will be installed globally (if you want to use it as a command line tool for example)
Uninstall a package, completely removing everything npm installed on its behalf
Update all the packages listed to the latest version (specified by the tag config). Also install missing packages
Update the global npm version
Display the README.md / documentation / npmjs.org page of a give library
Run package test suite, based on setup in package.json in
List outdated libraries compared to currently installed node_modules
Lock down dependency versions

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Asks you a bunch of questions, and then writes a package.json for you. If you already have a package.json file, it'll read that first, and default to the options in there.
Publish a package not under the default 'latest' tag