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32.2: NPM - Coggle Diagram

- - - - a node_modules directory
        
        which contains the package code
        
        don't save this in your project
      - a package-lock.json file
        
        a record of the contents of node_modules
      - a package.json file
        
        containing the dependency
        
        { "dependencies": { "give-me-a-joke": "^0.5.1" } }
    - - node_modules
      - package-lock.json
  - - - don't need to specify a directory path
        
        as with core modules
  - - - :red_flag: don't save
      - it can contain a lot of dependencies
    - - do save
    - - do save
- - - - npm -g list
- - - - published by other developers
  - - - those packages #
- - - - > npm init
      - and then install a package
        
        which creates
        
        a node_modules directory
        
        a package-lock.json file
        
        and updates
        
        package.json
        
        with the new dependency
        
        and version
        
        "dependencies": { "figlet": "^1.7.0" }
        
        > npm i figlet
    - - in an empty directory #
  - - - it won't contain a node_modules directory #
    - - > npm install
      - without a package name
        
        downloads all the dependencies
        
        using package.json
      - and its contents