Building Enterprise JavaScript Applications

Getting familiar with the yarn CLI

yarn has most of the functionality for the npm CLI. The following table compares the corresponding commands:

Yarn 0.24.5	npm CLI 5.0.0	Description
yarn	npm	Alias for yarn install
yarn install	npm install	Installs dependencies specified in yarn.lock and package.json
yarn add <package>	npm install <package>	Installs the package, adds it to the dependencies list, and generates lock files (prior to 5.0.0, npm CLI required a --save flag)
yarn remove <package>	npm uninstall <package>	Uninstalls the package
yarn global add <package>	npm install <package> --global	Installs a package globally
yarn upgrade	rm -rf node_modules && npm install	Upgrades all packages to the latest version, as allowed by ...