Book description
Create your own node modules and publish them on npm registry, automating repetitive tasks in between
- Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
- Create and distribute node modules
- Learn how to publish executables
- Automate the installation of dependencies
In Detail
Node.js is the new buzz in town and has a vibrant community.It ships with npm, which is a tool that helps automate various development, deployment, and installation of node modules, and makes the process much easier.
Instant NPM is a practical guide to authoring and distributing node modules, and also for creating and managing private, standalone node.js projects.
Starting with getting node.js installed and running on a variety of platforms, we then proceed to learn about code modularization and achieving it in node.js. Picking up a practical example, we will then explore the whole process and life cycle of conceiving, writing, and publishing a node module. We will also learn how to exploit a toolsincluded with npm to automate various development and deployment steps.
Later on, we will discover the power of npm and how its different features and configurations can save large amounts of time by providing a helping hand for automating repetitive tasks between writing and publishing your modules.
Table of contents
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Instant Node Package Manager
- Instant Node Package Manager
- Credits
- About the Author
- Acknowledgement
- About the Reviewer
- www.PacktPub.com
- PacktLib.PacktPub.com
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1. Instant Node Package Manager
- So, what is Node Package Manager?
- Installation
- Quick start – creating your first npm module
- Top 10 features you need to know about
- People and places you should get to know
Product information
- Title: Instant Node Package Module
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2013
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781783283330
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