npm
Node Package Manager is a package management system and repository for the JavaScript programming language, specifically the Node.js environment. NPM enables developers to share, publish, and manage reusable code modules (also called packages or libraries) that can be used by other developers in their own projects.
NPM offers several benefits, such as:
- Reusability: developers can leverage existing packages to save time and effort in developing shared functionality
- Versioning: NPM supports versioning of packages, so developers can easily switch between different versions of a library
- Dependency management: NPM automatically manages dependencies between packages and ensures that the correct versions of the required packages are installed
- Publishing: developers can create their own packages and publish them to the NPM repository to share with the community
- To use NPM, developers must first install Node.js on their system, as NPM is included as part of the Node.js installation. Installing Node.js gives developers access to the npm command-line tool, which they can use to search for, install, update, publish, and manage packages